Iyini indaba ye-Persuasion kaJane Austen?
I-Persuasion, eyanyatheliswa ngo-1817, iyinoveli yothando enezihloko zothando oluvuthiwe, amathuba wesibili, nokwethembeka emndenini.  I-Persuasion igxile ku-Anne Elliot, ongomunye wamadodakazi amathathu kaSir Walter Elliot. USir Walter ungumfelokazi oqhoshayo nobugovu, futhi uchitha ngokweqile nangaphezulu kwamandla akhe, okuphoqe umndeni ukuba unciphise ngokuqasha indawo yabo yomhlaba futhi bathuthele eBath eshibhile.  U-Anne uhlakaniphile futhi unomusa kodwa, eneminyaka engu-26 ubudala, usekhulile. Lapho eseneminyaka engu-19, u-Anne wathandana noFrederick Wentworth, owayengukhomanda wasemkhunjini othembisayo futhi enesikhundla esiphansi kunesika-Anne, futhi wamukela isicelo sakhe somshado. U-Anne ucindezelwa umndeni wakhe (ubaba nodadewabo omdala) nomngani wakhe oseduze (uLady Russell) ukuthi aqede isicelo.  Le noveli iqala ngokuhlela umndeni wabo ukuthuthela eBath, futhi u-Elliots ngokuqondene uqashise ikhaya labo kudadewabo nomlamu kaFrederick Wentworth, manje ongukaputeni wasolwandle. Lokhu kunikeza uKaputeni uWentworth ithuba lokungena ekuphileni kuka-Anne futhi abe yingxenye yomphakathi wakhe. UCaptain Wentworth uye waphumelela kakhulu futhi waba nomcebo ngenxa yomsebenzi wakhe wasolwandle. Ngenkathi u-Anne ngokushesha ephawula futhi ehlonipha uCaptain Wentworth, ekuqaleni uhlala epholile kuye futhi waphawula ukuthi usekhulile kakhulu selokhu ambona okokugcina. Indaba iphenduka ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene, nezinye izithakazelo ezingase zibe khona kuKaputeni uWentworth no-Anne. Njengoba uKaputeni Wentworth ebona u-Anne ngokwengeziwe, ufunda ukumhlonipha nokumhlonipha, futhi ekugcineni baphinde bathandane futhi bavumelane ngokuvuselela ukuganana kwabo.