6/2/2023 0 Comments Bbc persuasion![]() ![]() Yes, at this point, adapting Austen’s celebrated final novel for the screen for the fifth time – and that’s only counting the English language versions, such as 2007’s Persuasion with Sally Hawkins and the 1995 BBC rendition – seems like it’s going to be just fine. Cosmo Jarvis’s Frederick Wentworth is all weathered skin and rugged stares and period-appropriate sideburns. PERSUASION: THE STORY In Persuasion, Anne Elliot, a baronet’s daughter, is a 27-year-old spinster (gasp) who 8 years ago was persuaded by a family friend to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a Royal Navy sailor who had nothing but charm to recommend him (ie. Even if you skipped reading this particular entry in the classic literature syllabus, you quickly get the gist: 19th century, the English countryside, the greatest depths of heartbreak ever recorded.Īnne Elliot – played by Dakota Johnson with a capable English accent that’s not enough to disguise the fact she comes from Hollywood royalty – fingers the grass, evoking a chaste sensuality. ![]() As Netflix’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion opens, the music is solemn and vaguely symphonic, suitable to both century and situation. At first, everything seemed basically OK. ![]()
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