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From Bridgerton to Lara Croft, stately homes are a fixture in TV and cinema

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.

Film’s being called ‘a travesty’, ‘inexcusable’ and ‘torture’

Netflix’s Persuasion is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel, in terms of plot. But it's a distinctly modern rom-com in terms of tone.

After ITV’s Austen adaptation Sanditon was cancelled, Rose Williams said goodbye to her character Charlotte Heywood. But then the fans mobilised, with petitions, letter writing and sand art, and the producers had a change of heart

A Carolina drama, a shell with shoes and a Jane Austen adaptation are among the week's new movies.

Dakota Johnson is nothing less than enchanting in "Persuasion," director Carrie Cracknell's modern-in-attitude adaptation of Jane Austen's 200-year-old novel.

There’s a rift in the world of romance novels between ‘Bridgerton’ stans and purists committed to a questionable version of historical accuracy, writes Amanda Whiting

Netflix’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 exactly the same beats and events as the book.

To begin with a perhaps quintessentially Jane Austen question: Which of these two do you prefer?

Likable Dakota Johnson stars as the 19th century heroine reunited with the suitor she jilted.