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Persuasion is now available to watch on Netflix

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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.

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.

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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.

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.