London — In “Persuasion,” a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s final novel made for Netflix, protagonist Anne Elliot speaks directly to the camera, addressing the audience like an old friend.

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Netflix's upcoming ‘Persuasion’ adaptation, starring Dakota Johnson, has ruffled the feathers of some Jane Austen fans. Here are 10 facts about its source material.

Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ is having a moment. It’s about time. July 14, 2022. 7 min. Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in Netflix's “Persuasion.” (Nick Wall/Netflix) By Martine Powers.

The new adaptation of ” Persuasion, ” coming to Netflix Friday, does not seem to have been made for Jane Austen fans. Her book about the unmarried Anne Elliot, who at 27 is on the edge of ...

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If Pride and Prejudice and Emma are the crowning achievements of Jane Austen's short career, Persuasion, the last of her novels, is not far behind. Unlike these other masterpieces, it is ...

The trailer for “Persuasion,” the debut feature from the British theater director Carrie Cracknell, landed in mid-June. Social media attacks, led by fans of the Jane Austen novel on which the ...

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For all those who love verisimilitude in portraiture, beauty and wit in speech, picturesqueness in background, scrupulousness in moral analysis, justness and subtlety in observation — for all… ...