When Netflix announced its adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, fans of the novel were "half agony, half hope". Directed by leading theatre director Carrie Cracknell and starring Dakota Johnson, Netflix's Persuasion tells the story of 27-year-old 'spinster' Anne Elliot, a woman with "claims of birth, beauty, and mind", as she reconnects with Captain Wentworth, the suitor she was persuaded to …
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. “I’ve loved Jane Austen my whole life, and ‘Persuasion’ has always been my favorite novel,” Winslow says. “Her words do speak to contemporary audience in many, many ways, just not necessarily every …
Malaysian-British actor Henry Golding is all set to star in Netflix's adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Persuasion starring American actor Dakota Johnson in lead. Persuasion was the last novel written by Austen, the author of literary classics like Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Emma, prior to her death in 1817. Star Dakota Johnson, famous for her role …
