Anne Elliot is twenty-seven, unmarried, and fading quietly into the background of her vain family’s life. Eight years earlier, she was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer with no fortune and uncertain prospects—a decision she has never stopped regretting.

Now Captain Wentworth has returned—wealthy, accomplished, and still bitter about her rejection. As he courts younger women in her social circle, Anne must watch the man she never stopped loving seemingly move on. Persuasion asks whether lost love can ever be recovered, and what happens when we let others decide our fate.