1817 · published posthumously
Persuasion
Persuasion (published posthumously in 1817) is Austen's last completed novel and her most autumnal. Anne Elliot, persuaded eight years earlier to refuse Captain Wentworth, meets him again — successful, resentful, and still unmarried.
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When was Persuasion published?
Persuasion was published in 1817. It appeared posthumously, six months after Austen’s death, in a combined edition with its companion novel.