PERSUASION Jane Austen's rich and charming novel about a virtuous young woman's search for love amidst the fickle world of country gentry in Regency England is one of her most memorable works. Our heroine, Anne Elliot, exists in a world where shallowness and hypocrisy present a challenge to her own centered values and tender emotions. Anne vies for the affections of the man she loves while at the same time battling the conventions of this proper parochial society which threatens her willpower. Jane Austen's masterful writing combines finely balanced humor and stirring insight to make Persuasion the crowning achievement of her illustrious career.