Persuasion

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Eight years ago, pretty Anne Eliot was persuaded to break off her engagement to impecunious Frederick Wentworth. Now he re-appears, rich and successful, and Anne is twenty-seven and still unmarried. In striving for their eventual reconciliation, Anne must overcome many hazards, not least of which is the affection that Frederick develops for Henrietta and Louisa, two lively young charmers