Who Is Jane Austen's Persuasion?

Jane Austen’s love life was worse than Oedipus Rex’s. However, that did not hold Austen back. Without a husband, she had more time to write novels. She wrote three novels by the age of twenty five (Spark Note Editors). Jane Austen is now one of the most well-known authors in this world. One of her more known novels is Persuasion. Persuasion is a romantic novel written in the 1800’s. It is about a young woman named Anne Elliot. She is the protagonist in the story of Persuasion. Anne Elliot is a dynamic character who must step out from behind the curtain and take charge in order to save the ones she loves and get her happily ever after. Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, England (“Jane” 1). Her parents were Cassandra …show more content…
Austen and Cassandra had a very close relationship. They were rarely separated (“Jane” 2). The relationship between the two, most likely led to Austen experimenting with different types of sisterly relationships in her novels (Spark Note Editors). For example, in Persuasion, Anne Elliot is not considerably close to her sisters Mary and Elizabeth; they are very condescending. But in Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet and her sister, Jane Bennet, were very close; they told each other everything. Two of Austen’s brother’s, Francis and Charles, joined the navy and were highly decorated; both were ranked admirals. They fought in the Napoleonic wars (“Jane” 1). During this time, the British navy was a great thing to be proud of. They were the strongest branch of the navy. Austen’s nationalistic pride for the British Navy was demonstrated in her book Persuasion (Spark Note Editors). The naval heroes altered the qualities of a gentleman. The gentlemen became more manly and rugged, unlike Sir Walter Elliot in Persuasion (Spark Note Editors). Though Austen never married, she had fallen in love. Her first love was Thomas Lefroy (“Jane” 3). They were going to get married. His aunt believed that