沃尔特·埃利奥特爵士（沃尔特·艾略特爵士）是谁？
爱慕虚荣的准男爵父亲
沃尔特·埃利奥特爵士是安妮的父亲，萨默塞特郡凯林奇府的主人，拥有准男爵爵位。他最引以为傲的是自己的相貌和门第，唯一爱读的书就是登载着自家家世的准男爵名录。
奢侈的生活让债务越来越多，他却不肯接受减少马匹和仆人之类的节约办法。在律师谢泼德先生巧妙的劝说下，他决定把府邸租出去，搬到巴斯生活。听说租客是一位海军将军，他看不起海军，认为那是“出身低微的人也能飞黄腾达、脸还会被晒坏”的行当，但最终还是把府邸交给了对方。
奥斯汀以幽默的笔调，把他写成一个只在乎虚荣和体面的人。他看不到女儿安妮的好，这更衬托出安妮的孤独。
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Please Stay Out of the MirrorPersuasion
In a grand house sinking under debt, Anne Elliot, the middle daughter, is the one no one in her family listens to. Her vain father and older sister insist they can't possibly give up a single horse or servant. In the end the family decides to let the house and move to Bath. Then, at dusk, a single word drifts through a doorway — "navy" — and for one moment, Anne's eyes waver.
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My Ex's Sister Is Moving Into My HousePersuasion (Jane Austen)
While her family turns choosing a tenant into a comedy, settling on a navy admiral, 27-year-old Anne Elliot ends up saying a name before anyone else can. It belongs to the man she gave up more than seven years ago. Out on the woodland path, she remembers the summer she was nineteen, and quietly accepts that his sister is about to live in her home.
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Every Night, They Praise the Man I LeftPersuasion (Jane Austen)
Her family leaves her behind because "no one will miss Anne if she stays." So Anne goes to her sister's house three miles away, where everyone soon treats her as the one person who'll listen to their complaints. But in that house, the name of the man she gave up eight years ago starts coming up every night, and always as praise.
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