This is an Online Internet Book Club on Persuasion by Not Available. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
Jane Austen fans will delight in the sumptuous production design and first-rate acting in the 2007
Masterpiece Theatre version of
Persuasion. Sally Hawkins is controlled and moving as Anne Elliot, the quietly heartbroken but sensible heroine who was "persuaded" (read: forced) to turn away her true love but still carries an unseen torch for him. Hawkins's performance is genteel yet steely, and the quiet strength of the entire production. Hawkins looks alternately quietly lovely and sadly pinched--as one might expect the long frustrated Anne to look.
Other highlights include a post-Buffy Anthony Head, as Anne's clueless, blustery father, Sir Walter. Head gets to turn on his deft comic talent here in ways most American audiences have not yet seen him; he's clearly enjoying himself immensely, blustering about "my shrubberies" and other trivial affairs. The cinematography is lush (several breathtaking tracking shots are used, especially early on), as are the period costumes. The production was filmed exclusively on location, and the reality of the sets enforces the story.
Some fans may prefer the 1995 Amanda Root version, for the casting of Ciaran Hinds as Capt. Wentworth, but this later effort is a worthy entry in the Austen film oeuvre--and Rupert Penry-Jones is a dreamboat in his own right. As the wistful Anne says, on behalf of all women, "We do not forget you, so soon as you forget us." --A.T. Hurley
Book Club Questions for Persuasion (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Persuasion (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Persuasion:
- Did the author emphasize any specific themes throughout Persuasion? What do you think the author is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Persuasion and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Persuasion? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Persuasion reveal the author's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think the author is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Persuasion affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did the author's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Persuasion (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Persuasion (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Persuasion:
- Did the author make persuasive arguments in Persuasion? Did Persuasion change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Persuasion?
- How does the author present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is the author biased within Persuasion? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Persuasion make you want to read next? Why?
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