Jane Austin is apparently on a lot of minds lately. A new movie adaptation of her classic novel, Persuasion, recently began streaming on Netflix. It is also the first selection chosen for the new TikTok Book Club.

Of all Jane Austen’s great and delightful novels, Persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving. It is the story of a second chance.

Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish, spendthrift Sir Walter Elliot, is a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she was nineteen, she fell in love with (and was engaged to) a naval officer, the fearless and headstrong Captain Wentworth. But the young man had no fortune, and Anne allowed herself to be persuaded, against her profoundest instinct, to give him up. Now, at twenty-seven, and believing that she has lost her bloom, Anne is startled to learn that Captain Wentworth has returned to the neighborhood, a rich man and still unwed. Her never-diminished love is muffled by her pride. He seems cold and unforgiving. Even worse, he appears to be infatuated by the flighty and pretty Louisa Musgrove.

If you want to watch the movie but don’t subscribe to Netflix, you can borrow a Roku streaming device and use our subscription or, better yet, read the book! Make sure to tell TikTok you borrowed it from the library.