Qui est Capitaine Wentworth (Captain Wentworth) ?
L'ancien fiancé d'Anne, capitaine de la marine
Frederick Wentworth
Frederick Wentworth est l'officier de marine dont Anne est amoureuse dans *Persuasion*. En 1806, tout juste promu capitaine de frégate pour sa conduite à la bataille de Saint-Domingue, il rencontre Anne et se fiance avec elle.
À l'époque, il n'a ni fortune ni relations influentes, et c'est Anne qui rompt les fiançailles. Furieux, il repart en mer, se distingue pendant la guerre, devient capitaine de vaisseau et fait fortune grâce aux primes versées pour les navires ennemis capturés. Huit ans plus tard, il arrive à Uppercross pour rendre visite à sa sœur, Mrs Croft, et se contente d'un salut distant envers Anne. Entouré des sœurs Musgrove, il raconte ses aventures en mer et déclare préférer les femmes au caractère ferme.
Pourtant, s'il reste froid en paroles, ses gestes trahissent son attention : il délivre Anne d'un enfant accroché à elle, puis la fait monter, fatiguée par la promenade, dans la voiture de sa sœur et de son beau-frère. L'importance qu'il accorde à la « fermeté de caractère » rejoint le thème central du roman.
Lire à partir de l’épisode 2 (gratuit)
Épisodes où il apparaît4
NOUVEAUÉpisode 2
My Ex's Sister Is Moving Into My HousePersuasion (Jane Austen)
While her family turns choosing a tenant into a comedy, settling on a navy admiral, 27-year-old Anne Elliot ends up saying a name before anyone else can. It belongs to the man she gave up more than seven years ago. Out on the woodland path, she remembers the summer she was nineteen, and quietly accepts that his sister is about to live in her home.
19 pages
NOUVEAUÉpisode 3
Every Night, They Praise the Man I LeftPersuasion (Jane Austen)
Her family leaves her behind because "no one will miss Anne if she stays." So Anne goes to her sister's house three miles away, where everyone soon treats her as the one person who'll listen to their complaints. But in that house, the name of the man she gave up eight years ago starts coming up every night, and always as praise.
19 pages
NOUVEAUÉpisode 4
Her Ex's Verdict: "I Wouldn't Know Her"Persuasion (Jane Austen)
Her nephew's injury gives Anne an excuse to stay home and avoid one evening. The next morning, she suddenly comes face to face with the man she refused to marry eight years ago. All they share is a bow and a few minutes in the same room. Then her sister mentions, almost in passing, that he said Anne was "so changed he wouldn't have known her," and the words cut deep.
19 pages
NOUVEAUÉpisode 5
I Overheard My Ex Through the HedgePersuasion (Jane Austen)
Anne finds herself alone in the nursery with the man she was persuaded to reject eight years ago. Days later, on a long autumn walk, she overhears his voice from behind a hedgerow, condemning people who change their hearts because others tell them to.
19 pages