Author Brandon Taylor argues that Jane Austen's novel 'Persuasion' illustrates how funny—and sad—adulthood can be.

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Jane Austen was a very funny writer, but she was also a woman who knew the pain of a broken heart. Persuasion is her ode to the broken-hearted.

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Austen’s last full novel, “Persuasion,” published months after her death, is steeped in longing (or pining, as romance aficionados call it), as the two protagonists – Anne and Capt ...

Persuasion (2022) Netflix Original romantic-drama film Persuasion may be receiving mixed reviews right now, but what’s undeniable is that a Jane Austen story is a timeless, precious thing.

Sense And Sensibility Masterpiece: The Complete Jane Austen – Persuasion PBS, Sun. Jan. 13, 9 p.m. Production: Filmed in the U.K. by Clerkenwell Films for ITV in association with WGBH Boston.