Persuasion

Eight years after breaking off her engagement to a young naval officer on the advice of family and friends, Anne Elliot is now twenty-seven, and quietly resigned to a life of regret. When Captain Frederick Wentworth returns to her circle, now successful and still unmarried, Anne must navigate old wounds, new rivals, and her own persistent feelings, all while wondering if it is too late for a second chance. The last novel Austen completed, Persuasion is her most autumnal and emotionally mature work, a story of patience, constancy, and the courage to hope again.