Jane Austen created a fictional character called Captain Frederick Wentworth for the novel Persuasion in 1817. An embodiment of the new gentleman of the 19th century, he makes his fortune through hard ...

Now an ignored and faded spinster, she follows her financially stricken family from their home, only to be reintroduced to the now successful and wealthy Captain Frederick Wentworth. With their ...

In Persuasion, hopeless romantic Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) is persuaded by her family to break off her engagement to inconsequential naval officer Captain Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jarvis).