羅素夫人（Lady Russell）是誰？
勸導安的如母長輩
羅素夫人是安已故母親的摯友，也是艾略特家女兒們的顧問。三姊妹中她最疼愛安，一直以母親般的心情守護著她。
八年前，19歲的安與沒有財產的海軍軍官溫特沃斯訂婚時，她認為「太年輕了，前途也令人不安」而表示反對，並勸說安解除了婚約。書名《勸導》就是由這件事而來。故事開頭，她為債台高築的華特爵士擬定實際的節約方案，也和安一起擔心將隨行到巴斯的克萊太太。
她重視身分與謹慎，但並不是壞人，而是被描寫成一心為安著想而行動的人。這個角色讓讀者思考：什麼才是正確的建議？
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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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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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