Not all copies of Persuasion contain these, although the Norton edition certainly does. If your copy doesn't contain them, then you can read the cancelled chapters of Persuasion at Molland's.net.

As originally drafted, Persuasion was only 23 chapters long. What was Chapter 23 in the first ending is - with some minor modification - Chapter 24 now. ( Read more... )

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When last we saw Anne, it was early morning (in this case, that probably means "sometime before noon", since the term "morning" was extremely broad and extended until roughly dinnertime - in a fashionable place like Bath, morning was probably a bit longer than in the countryside, where they dined earlier - but I digress). It was early morning, and ( Read more... )

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Austen doesn't mess around, holding us in antici . . . (say it!) . . . pation of Wentworth's arrival. Nope. She opens right up with it, and uses a "thither" to boot. I love that word, "thither," which means "to that place" and not simply "there", just as "whither" means "from that place". The word thither also reminds me of one of my favorite ( Read more... )

Finally, some news ( Read more... )

Not all that much occurs in the main plot line in this particular chapter, but we get to meet an old friend of Anne's - a Mrs. Smith - and we also get a clearer look at Mr. Elliot from both Lady Russell's and Anne's perspectives.

We meet Anne's friend, Mrs. SmithWhile Sir Walter and Elizabeth enjoy their lodgings in Camden Place and crow about ( Read more... )

Yesterday's choice of sonnet by Shakespeare was inspired by the vain Sir Walter Elliot, with whom we spend plenty of time in today's chapter of Persuasion. Sir Walter is not merely vain, but is fond of beauty wherever he sees it - and he appears to be noticing it in the unworthy Mrs. Clay, as well as noticing Anne's improved looks ( Read more... )