Oxford Bookworms 4. Persuasion

At nineteen Anne Elliot refuses an offer of marriage from Frederick Wentworth, persuaded to do so by Lady Russell, a friend of her dead mother.
Wentworth is a sailor, with no money and an uncertain future, says Lady Russell - just a nobody, certainly not worthy of a baronet's daughter.
Eight years later Wentworth returns, a rich and successful captain, looking for a wife.
Anne is still unmarried, but Captain Wentworth clearly prefers the company of the two Musgrove girls .
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