Jane Austen was born in the English countryside more than 200 years ago. She lived a simple life. She seldom travelled. She never married and she died from illness when she was only 41.
However, people all over the world remember her. Why? It is because Jane Austen is the author of some of the best-loved novels in the English language. These novels include Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.
Jane completed her last novel Persuasion in 1816, but it was not published until after her death. Persuasion is partly based on Jane’s naval brother.
Anne, the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, falls in love with Captain Wentworth, a person of a lower social position. But she breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. Eight years later, Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain. He finds Anne’s family on the edge of financial ruin. Anne and the captain rediscover their love and get married.
Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory（象牙）, two inches square. Readers of Persuasion will see that neither her skill of delicate, ironic(讽刺的) observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus to English manners and morals has abandoned her in her final finished work.
Persuasion has produced three film adaptations: a 1995 version starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, a 2007 TV miniseries with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, and a 1971 miniseries with Ann Firbank and Bryan Marshall.
People who are interested in Jane Austen can still visit many of the places she visited and lived. These places include the village of Steventon, although her family house is now gone. Many of the places Jane visited in Bath are still there. You can visit Jane Austen’s home in Chawton, where she did her best writing, and Winchester, where she died.
What is the theme of Persuasion?

A．Never regret what you’ve chosen.

B．True love lasts forever.

C．Be matched for marriage.

D．Love waits for no man.

Which of the following CANNOT describe Jane’s writing style?

A．Her application of symbolism.

B．Her delicate observations.

C．Her focus on manners and morals.

D．Her use of irony.

Which of the following about Jane Austen is TRUE?

A．Her family house is now in the village of Steventon.

B．Many of the places she visited in Bath are still available.

C．The latest film adaptation of Persuasion was produced in 1995.

D．Her last novel Persuasion is considered her most successful one.

The article mainly talks about _______.

A．Jane Austen’s unique writing style

B．the original residence of Jane Austen

C．Jane Austen’s last novel: Persuasion

D．the popularity of Jane Austen’s novels