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Persuasion is Austen’s only work that engages love in later stages of life; Anne Elliot, at twenty-eight, nears the age of spinsterhood for a woman in her era and has “lost her bloom.”. Her romance with Captain Wentworth commences in a “second spring,” years after they first fall in love and then fall out.
Persuasion. PG Released Sep 27, 1995 1h 42m Romance. List. 87% Tomatometer 30 Reviews. 83% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings. As one of three daughters of the wealthy Sir Walter (Corin Redgrave ...
Persuasion Summary. The novel opens with the vain Sir Walter, baronet of Kellynch Hall, poring over the Elliot family history. His wife passed away fourteen years ago, leaving behind three daughters: the youngest daughter, Mary, is married to the wealthy Charles Musgrove. Proud and beautiful Elizabeth is the eldest and her father’s favorite ...
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 ...
Carrie Cracknell’s Jane Austen adaptation on Netflix stars Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Henry Golding.
Nov 30, 2017 · Prof. Robert Morrison edited Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” for Harvard University Press. On the classic’s 200th anniversary, he explains how Austen’s rhythmic words on loss, love and hope ...
Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing man of humble origins, they meet again. Will she seize her second chance at true love?
