Persuasion (1818)

More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Wa...

A Serendipitous Encounter #wattys2017

Jade decides to go mute after realizing that life is too short to spend it talking behind people's back and sinning through words. This way of thinking was triggered by the sudden death of her mother, and upon realizing that she could die any moment, Jade decides to do all the good deeds that she could. But, jade ca...