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2. Persuasion (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Jane Austen's anxieties about persuasion and responsibility are here passionately expressed. She refuses to become part of the machinery with which Fanny is manoeuvring herself into forming the engagement. To be the stand-in motive for another's actions frightens her. Yet Jane Austen cannot avoid the part of persuader, even as dissuader.

3. Anne Elliot - Wikipedia

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   Anne Elliot is the protagonist of Jane Austen's sixth and last completed novel, Persuasion (1817).. Anne Elliot was persuaded, when she was 19 years old, to break off her engagement with Frederick Wentworth, a promising young lieutenant in the Royal Navy but a commoner without fortune, and she has never married.

4. Persuasion (2007 film) - Wikipedia

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   Persuasion was one of three novels adapted in 2007 for ITV's Jane Austen Season. It was the first of the three adaptations to begin development. The drama was co-produced by Clerkenwell Films and American studio WGBH Boston. Persuasion premiered on 1 April 2007 in the United Kingdom and was watched by 5.4 million viewers.

5. 'Persuasion' review: 'Fleabag' tweaks clash with Jane Austen ...

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   From its first trailer, Netflix's new adaptation of Persuasion had Jane Austen's fans riled. Many took to Twitter to denounce the Fleabag-ification of humble heroine Anne Elliot. Some lamented ...

6. Northanger Abbey - Wikipedia

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   Northanger Abbey (/ ˈ n ɔːr θ æ ŋ ər / NOR-thang-ər) is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels [1] written by the English author Jane Austen.Although the title page is dated 1818 and was published posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion, Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, making it the first of Austen's novels to be completed in full. [2]

7. ‘Persuasion’ Review: Dakota Johnson Makes an Odd Fit for a ...

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   Jane Austen completed the manuscript for “Persuasion” in 1816, the year before her death. But even then, more than 200 years ago, she anticipated the conversation Hollywood is having today ...

8. Persuasion (1995 film) - Wikipedia

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   Persuasion is a BBC Screen Two 1995 period drama film directed by Roger Michell and based on Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name. In her theatrical film debut, Amanda Root stars as protagonist Anne Elliot, while Ciarán Hinds plays her romantic interest, Captain Frederick Wentworth. The film is set in early 19th-century England, eight ...

9. Dakota Johnson to Star in Netflix Adaptation of Jane Austen’s ...

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   Dakota Johnson is set to star in Netflix’s retelling of Jane Austen’s novel “Persuasion.” Carrie Cracknell, known for directing Jake Gyllenhaal in “Sea Wall/ A Life” on Broadway, is ...