Persuasion

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot was persuaded by friends and family to break off her engagement to the man she loved-a penniless naval officer named Frederick Wentworth. It was a decision that has haunted her ever-increasingly, leaving her a woman of quiet regret in a family of fading importance. But the tides have turned. Captain Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic Wars with a fortune and a dist...