As the main character from Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Elliot is a strong female lead, particularly in Netflix’s new adaptation. After being convinced that her great love, Captain Wentworth, is ...

I read several Jane Austen novels in college and got interested in reading her catalog in my free time. So I wanted to share ...

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.

Another Jane Austen adaptation is coming to a screen near you. Persuasion hits Netflix this July. It stars Dakota Johnson as a woman who must choose between letting go of the past or following her ...

‘Persuasion’ Film Review: Dakota Johnson Pulls Off a Very ‘Fleabag’ Jane Austen Adaptation. Fourth-wall-breaking and other anachronisms might sink this version were it not for the talented ...

Netflix's 'Persuasion' is irritating Jane Austen fans by depicting Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) as a comic character and not a serious portrait of heartache.

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 ...

Netflix’s Jane Austen adaptation ‘Persuasion’ is a dreadful film, never to be borne Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in “Persuasion.” (Nick Wall/Netflix) ...

From the Colin Firth-starring “Pride and Prejudice” to “Clueless” to “Persuasion,” filmmakers find endless inspiration in the books of Jane Austen. CNN spoke to Austen scholars about ...

It’s a sobering realization: I lately do, albeit uneasily, identify with these foolish characters, and I’m wondering if Jane Austen, who was born 248 years ago on Dec. 16, would have hated me ...