Persuasion - Jane Austen

There are many considerations relating to persuasion in Jane Austen's final novel, published after her death:  Whether to share influential information, to offer or accept advice, and how to balance opposing principles in reaching a decision.  Jane Austen herself apparently considered "persuasion", or the offering of advice, to be a main form of human interaction, with potentially powerful or even grave consequences  - and thus to be considered with utmost care. Surprising, therefore, that the name of this novel was supplied not by her but by her brother after her death.  Austen is not known to have discussed a name for her novel with anyone and to her family generally referred to the novel as The Eliots, perhaps intending to give it that name.

In addition to these interesting questions of human interaction, there is the pleasure of lovely descriptions:

Immediately surrounding Mrs Musgrove were the little Harvilles, whom she was sedulously guarding from the tyranny of the two children from the Cottage, expressly arrived to amuse them.  On one side was a table, occupied by some chattering girls, cutting up silk and gold paper; and on the other were tressels and trays, bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies, where riotous boys were holding high revel; the whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others.

followed by nice personal observations:

"I hope I shall remember, in future," said Lady Russell, as soon as they were reseated in the carriage, "not to call at Uppercross in the Christmas holidays".