Netflix’s Persuasion was really, really bad.

If you were unfortunate enough to watch Netflix’s 2022 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, I recommend the following:

  1. Read the actual novel. This will give you the most thorough reset.
  2. Watch the 1995 BBC version of Persuasion for the most faithful version of Captain Wentworth’s spirited character.
  3. Watch the 2007 BBC version to get the most faithful version of Anne, an introverted character you come to know by her thoughts more than her conversation. (Netflix, what you did to the character of Anne Elliot is inexcusable.)

I have completed steps 1-2 and I am beginning step 3 while I tackle a stack of ironing.

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Angela

I write so my family will always have letters from home.