Jane Austen, ranked second only to Shakespeare as the greatest writer of the past millennium
A brilliant depiction of a woman's delicate emotions surrounding marriage and life.

It is no exaggeration to say that women's self-esteem is a Jane Austen invention.
- [Guardian]

Anne Elliot, the protagonist of Persuasion, is a gentle and delicate character who suffers from silent pain, and is perhaps the most interesting female character created by Jane Austen.
- Goldwyn Smith

Jane Austen's last work, Persuasion, was published as volume 348 in Minumsa's World Literature Collection.
Minumsa plans to present Jane Austen's works in a series of world literature collections to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her death, the author of the widely read classics 『Pride and Prejudice』 and 『Sense and Sensibility』.
A total of three books are scheduled to be published by July: Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Northanger Abbey.


"Persuasion" is a work that depicts the psychological changes a woman experiences after breaking up with her lover due to persuasion from those around her, and the romance that ultimately follows.
Anne, the second daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, a nobleman whose family fortunes have declined and whose only possessions are pride and vanity, falls in love with Colonel Wentworth, but breaks off the engagement after being advised by those around her that he lacks both the wealth and connections necessary for a stable marriage.
This novel, which delicately depicts the life of a Victorian woman in her late twenties who remains unmarried and lives amidst the indifference and alienation of her family, captivates readers as a classic that, along with Jane Austen's other novels, allows readers to meaningfully reflect on women's lives even today.

At that time, he was a strikingly handsome young man, intelligent, energetic, and excellent at everything he did.
Anne was a young lady of exceptionally pretty appearance, gentle and humble, and possessed excellent taste and sensibility.
It would have been enough if one of them had been half as attractive as the other.
Because he had nothing else to do, and she had few people to love.
But there was no way the meeting would fail, since both of them had so many outstanding qualities.
They gradually got to know each other, and at the same time, they fell in love quickly and deeply.
It would be difficult to say which of the two felt more perfectly suited to her and felt greater happiness: she who received a confession of love and a proposal from him, or he whose confession and proposal were accepted by her. --- p.41~42

"If I think you are to become the mistress of Kellynch, the future Lady Elliot, how happy I am to think you will inherit all the power, all the popularity, all the virtues of your lovely mother! You are the very picture of your mother in appearance and character.
"Just imagine you enjoying the same status, name, and home as your mother, sitting in the same place as her, managing the household and praying, being treated with more respect than your mother! My dear Anne, I would be happier than I was in my prime!" --- p.233

Anne was the very embodiment of tenderness, and Colonel Wentworth's love was not lacking as an object of such tenderness.
However, given her profession, her friends thought it might be better for her to tone down her affection.
The only thing that could dim her sunlight was the fear of a possible future war.
She was proud and delighted in her profession as a naval wife, but she valued domestic virtues more than the national ambassadorship of a naval wife, and so she had to pay the tax of anxiety and worry from time to time.

--- p.364