Persuasion is the 1st of Austen's novels to characteristic given that the central character a lady who, from the expectations of the time, is past the first bloom of youth. British literary critic Robert P Irvine writes that Persuasion "is in many ways a radical departure" from Austen's before novels. https://mariomrvae.blogdemls.com/25147606/not-known-factual-statements-about-persuasion