Persuaded

There is one novel among all the Jane Austen novels that I love that is by far my favorite and that is Persuasion. I never get tired of reading it and the movie version of it that I like the best, albeit there have been some minor changes in details from the book and its length is far too short to encompass more details, is the BBC production with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds (this man is the epitomy of tall, dark and handsome!). I could watch it over and over. In fact, I had watched this movie before I had ever read the novel. I know that some die-hard Austen fans would find even more fault with this movie version, but to me it was (as is often the case for me with movie versions of novels) an appetizer to tantalize my literary taste buds into wanting more and receiving more in the form of reading the novel. Rather than reading the novel first and being disappointed by the artistic liberties taken in the film version of any given novel, I do the opposite and watch the film first to whet my appetite for more.

There are so many scenes in this film version of Persuasion that I cherish but the following rate among the choicest for me:

I like the scene in this clip where Anne and Admiral Croft are walking together



In this clip, the conversation between Captain Harville and Anne is very poignant and, of course, there is the climax in which Captain Wentworth finally declares in a note he leaves for Anne that he is still in love with her after a separation of about seven years