Jane Austen's Persuasion Character Analysis

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By writing the happy ending of Persuasion at the hands of the Crofts, Austen suggests that the Crofts were aware of Anne and Wentworth’s previous relationship throughout the novel, and all the while were exploring the possibility of a rekindling of the relationship through their hints and indirect comments. For example, in Anne’s first meeting with the Crofts, to Anne’s embarrassment Mrs. Croft says to her, “It was you, and not your sister, I find, that my brother had the pleasure of being acquainted with, when he was in this country”—hinting at her knowledge of the two’s previous relationship (Austen 36). A few moments later, Anne hears the Admiral remark to Mary about the arrival of one of Mrs. Croft’s brothers—one whom she “know[s] him by

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