Netflix Persuasion adaptation starring Dakota Johnson jettisons Jane Austen’s class concerns in favour of contemporary appeal - ABC News

Netflix's new adaptation of Persuasion stars 50 Shades of Grey's Dakota Johnson as a messy millennial who swigs wine from the bottle while lusting after her ex.

When Netflix announced its adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, fans of the novel were "half agony, half hope". Although there have been a staggering number of Austen remakes, very few have been w… [+6808 chars]

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