6/26/2023 0 Comments Netflix jane austen persuasion![]() Director Carrie Cracknell as well as writers Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow have mentioned that they hoped to make Austen’s work accessible to younger viewers and perhaps introduce a new generation of readers to Jane Austen. And Netflix seems to have made its version with that in mind. I need to restate that going Netflix’s Persuasion, I didn’t know much about the story beyond Anne and Wentworth’s names. Dakota Johnson as Anne in Netflix’s Persuasion (COURTESY: Nick Wall/Netflix) Now a decorated Navy captain, Wentworth is everything Anne’s family wants for her, though his return does not come without its complications. Initially, because Wentworth had no fortune of his own, Anne was forced to give him up. Persuasion, the last of Jane Austen’s novels published before her death, tells the story of Anne Elliot ( Dakota Johnson) and Captain Wentworth ( Cosmo Jarvis), the man Anne once hoped to marry, who comes back into her life after an eight-year absence. ![]() And I’m still uncertain about who it is for. ![]() It took me two sittings to get through the entire thing. I try my hardest not to judge something until I’ve seen the full product, so, while the trailer had me worried, I almost hoped I would be proven wrong. But when the trailer dropped and Dakota Johnson turned to address me directly, and I started to get nervous. So, upon hearing about Netflix’s Persuasion adaptation, I was curious. Persuasionis one of the only Austen novels that I have not read. You show me an adaptation of a Jane Austen novel and I’ll likely tune in. ![]()
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