Spoiler warning! This review will contain spoilers of both the book and the many adaptations, including this newest adaptation.
When I first heard that they were going to make a brand new adaptation of Persuasion, I'll admit, I was excited. Persuasion is one of my favourite novels by Jane Austen. Previous adaptations all had their dedications to the plot and the depths of feeling present throughout the novel. Anne is the only one of Austen's leading female protagonists that was constant in her feelings; in love with a man of little prospect, who had no money and was looked down on by her own family and who Anne was persuaded to give up by Lady Russel. Despite all this, and throughout the novel, she loved him. She is one of the most melancholic characters Austen had written, followed closely, perhaps, by Fanny in Mansfield Park. Her low spirits and seemingly hopeless situation were made up for with her keen intellect and sensible judgements, outstanding patience and kindness, which often presented themselves at key points in the novel.