why Netflix's Persuasion is Jane Austen via Fleabag
- Written by Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Persuasion. Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot in Persuasion. Cr. Nick Wall/Netflix © 2022Netflix’s Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, in terms of plot structure. It follows the second-chance romance of Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) and Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis) through almost...





