Jane Austen's sixth and last novel was first published after her death in 1818. The story is about Sir Walter Elliot and his three daughters, of whom only Mary, the youngest, married. The eldest, Elisabeth, haughtily waits in vain for a prestigious marriage in their Somersetshire castle, while the middle sister, the protagonist of the novel, Anne, has been dissuaded from marrying her love, the young, penniless naval officer Wentworth. The former lovers meet again by chance after eight years, which is also interesting because, with the passage of time, the tide turned: due to Sir Walter's wasteful lifestyle, he is forced to rent out his property and move, while the former suitor, who has since risen to the rank of captain, has had a brilliant career , he got rich, and now that the Napoleonic wars are over, he wants to settle down and start a family. He has only one requirement for his future wife: it can be anyone... but not Anne Elliot... After long complications, mutual pride and jealousy, will our heroes finally find each other again? Persuasive Arguments is the most mature - and considered by countless critics and readers to be the best - Austen novel, which is not made permanent by uplifting examples of virtue and loyalty, but by a magnificent gallery of caricaturistically characterized, vain, empty-headed, peacocking, sleazy figures.