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  2. Persuasion (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Sir Walter Elliot, Bt. – A vain and self-satisfied baronet. Sir Walter is a man whose extravagance since the death of his prudent wife thirteen years before has put his family into dire financial straits, forcing him to lease his estate, Kellynch Hall, to Admiral Croft and rent a more economical residence in Bath.

  3. Persuasion (2022 film) - Wikipedia

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    Persuasion is a 2022 American historical romance film based on Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name. It was directed by Carrie Cracknell from a screenplay by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow. The film stars Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Richard E. Grant, and Henry Golding.

  4. Persuasion (2007 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Elliot family face financial difficulties from the imprudent spending of baronet Sir Walter Elliot and his eldest daughter, Elizabeth. His lawyer proposes that the family estate, Kellynch Hall, be leased to Admiral Croft as a source of income, but middle daughter Anne Elliot is distraught at the prospect of having to abandon her childhood home.

  5. Persuasion (1971 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Persuasion is a 1971 British television serial adaptation of ... Anne Elliot is the second daughter of the widowed baronet Sir Walter Elliot, who unlike her vain ...

  6. List of fictional baronets - Wikipedia

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    Sir Pitt Sir Pitt: Crawley Crawley (son) Vanity Fair: Novel: William Makepeace Thackeray: Sir George: Crofts: Mrs. Warren's Profession: Stage play: George Bernard Shaw: Sir Leicester: Dedlock: Bleak House: Novel: Charles Dickens: Sir Walter: Elliot: Persuasion: Novel (1817) Jane Austen: Sir Nicholas Fandorin Adventures of the Magister Novel(s ...

  7. Anne Elliot - Wikipedia

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    Anne is the overlooked middle daughter of a narcissistic and extravagant baronet, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall. The oldest of Jane Austen's heroines, she is 26 or 27 years old at the beginning of the novel and is seemingly a confirmed spinster. [5] Her mother is dead, her father, Sir Walter and older sister, Elizabeth are vain and selfish.

  8. List of fictional nobility - Wikipedia

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    Sir Hugh Clavering The Claverings: An affluent and selfish baronet. Sir Pitt Crawley Vanity Fair: A crude baronet whose oldest son is also called Pitt. Sir George Crofts Mrs. Warren's Profession: The business partner of Mrs. Kitty Warren. Sir Leicester Dedlock Bleak House: A conservative baronet. Sir Walter Elliot Persuasion: A vain baronet ...

  9. Persuasion (1995 film) - Wikipedia

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    Persuasion is a BBC Screen Two 1995 period drama film directed by Roger Michell and based on Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name.In her theatrical film debut, Amanda Root stars as protagonist Anne Elliot, while Ciarán Hinds plays her romantic interest, Captain Frederick Wentworth.