Persuasion

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"Persuasion" is Jane Austen's last completed novel. It was first published posthumously, in 1818. Jane Austen began "Persuasion" soon after she had...
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

female, deceased (1817)
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice",...
Amanda Root

Amanda Root

female, 46 years old
Amanda Root is a British actress (born 1963 in Essex), best known for her television appearances. She also did the voice of Sophie in the animated...

B. J. Fogg

male
B.J. Fogg is best known for promoting the concept of "captology," a word he coined to describe the overlap between persuasion and computers. As a...
Nick Dear

Nick Dear

male
Nick Dear has been writing plays for stage, screen and radio for many years. Last year "Lunch in Venice" appeared at the Shell Connections festival...
Carl Hovland

Carl Hovland

male, deceased (1961)
Carl Iver Hovland (1912-1961) was a psychologist working primarily at Yale University and the US Army during World War II who studied attitude...

Amanda Hale

female
Amanda Hale is an English actress. She was trained at the RADA and has performed on both stage and screen. Her theatre credits include "The...
Marcello Cividini

Marcello Cividini

male, 62 years old (Milano, Italy)
Italian pioneer in Direct Marketing, works at Corriere della Sera up to 1979. Fund raiser and database builder for many United Nations Agencies....

Sarah Green

female, 28 years old
Sarah Green (1981-) is an American journalist and writer. She currently writes a sports column for the "Boston Metro". She has appeared several...

Alexandra Byrne

female
Alexandra Byrne is an Academy Award-nominated costume designer. Despite having Costumed only six films in her career, she has managed to establish...