Persuasion

9 hrs. 15 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Jane Austen

Narrator Yulia Rutberg

Description

Jane Austen’s final novel is her most delicate and realistic book. The story of Anne and Captain Wentworth’s love has been unfolding for many years: once, they couldn’t marry because Anne’s wealthy family opposed her marrying a penniless young man. Years passed, and the situation changed—now Anne is a fiancée without a dowry, almost an old maid by the standards of the proper Georgian society, while Captain Wentworth has achieved success, and they are again separated by a gulf. But can true love be defeated by arguments of reason?

The incomparable atmosphere of old England, vivid and deep characters, details of measured everyday life, and subtle English irony: Jane Austen’s final work contains everything for which she has long been regarded as one of the classics of world literature. The story feels even more poignant if you remember that the author used events from her own life as the basis of the plot—just as the heroine, in her youth she could not marry the person she loved, and she carried her love through the years…

Listen to Jane Austen’s most autobiographical novel in the brilliant performance of Yulia Rutberg!