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Persuasion is the last novel completed by the English author Jane Austen. It was published on 20 December 1817, along with Northanger Abbey, six months after her death, although the title page is dated 1818. [1]
- Jane Austen
- 1818
Sep 20, 2024 · Persuasion, novel by Jane Austen, published posthumously in 1817. Unlike her novel Northanger Abbey, with which it was published, Persuasion (written 1815–16) is a work of Austen’s maturity. Like Mansfield Park and Emma, it contains subdued satire and develops the comedy of character and manners.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jane Austen was about forty years old when she wrote Persuasion. Until then, she had always taken as her heroine a young woman at the threshold of life, inexperienced, falling in love for the first time, aged somewhere between seventeen and twenty-one.
In failing health, Austen wrote her final novel, Persuasion, in under a year. Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818. Together, these last two novel earned little over 500 pounds, a small amount by today’s standards, but more money than Austen herself ever saw in her lifetime.
According to the timeline left by her sister, Cassandra, Jane Austen began writing Persuasion on August 8, 1815. The first draft was completed July 18, 1816, but she was unhappy with the ending and subsequently revised it by writing two new chapters.
Persuasion was published posthumously in December 1817. Jane Austen wrote the novel in 1815-1816, at home in Chawton.
Jane Austen’s novel, Persuasion, was published in 1818, six months after her death. It is considered one of her greatest works, and is often praised for its exploration of themes such as social class, love, and the role of women in society.
