Even costume drama fatigue can’t rob Jane Austen’s Persuasion of its power, says Jack Watkins
An audible groan rose up in certain quarters at news of the dramatisation of yet another Jane Austen novel. What, not Austen again? The latest film of Persuasion was launched on Netflix this month to decidedly lukewarm reviews, although these could reasonably be put down to critic fatigue and wonderment at why the works of many other classic authors remain so neglected….
