Persuasion is the first of Austen's novels to characteristic as being the central character a girl who, via the expectations of the time, is previous the main bloom of youth. British literary critic Robert P Irvine writes that Persuasion "is in many ways a radical departure" from Austen's previously novels. https://kameronntybf.humor-blog.com/25069467/5-easy-facts-about-persuasion-described