Accident and Coincidence in Persuasion

Part Two
It is during the significant turning point of Persuasion’s storyline, the visit to Lyme, that the accidents of Uppercross come to a head, and where the strands of the web holding Wentworth close to Louisa Musgrove and away from Anne shift and snap in their course. The visit to Lyme heralds the closing of [...]

Accidents and Coincidence in Persuasion

Movement, actual and figurative, is an essential element of Persuasion. Anne Elliot, Captain Wentworth and Mr William Elliot, are traveling within a web of accidents and coincidence. This web holds all three players suspended together, giving each the advantage of mystery and secrets, yet keeping the suitors tangled just out of reach, gradually moving in their necessary [...]