Persuasion
Jane Austen · 1817 · Fiction
Full text · 24 chaptersNarrated in your voice
Public domain · added by Library
What it's about
The last novel, published after her death, and the quietest: a woman of twenty-seven who was talked out of the right choice at nineteen, and the second chance she is not sure she is allowed. The letter in the penultimate chapter is the best thing she wrote.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone who has let someone talk them out of something - Readers who want Austen at her most autumnal - Anyone who thinks she only wrote comedies
