Persuasion (version 2) by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
2021
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied with Anne's choice, feeling he was not distinguished enough for their family, and her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's deceased mother, persuaded her to break off the match. Now 27 and considered a spinster, Anne re-encounters her former fiance, now a captain, as he courts her spirited young neighbour, Louisa Musgrove. The self-interested machinations of Anne's older sister Elizabeth, of Elizabeth's friend Mrs. Clay, and of Anne's father's heir, William Elliot, constitute an important subplot. (Summary from Wikipedia).
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This really had me invested, and I think it's because our main heroine wasn't at the center of the book's romance. I don't know what it says about me that I found the book, as a result, more interesting, but that's a thought for another day. Also, it was one of my preferred workings of a title into an Austen novel."
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