 The filming of Persuasion coincided with a sudden resurgence of Jane Austen adaptations , as it was one of six such productions released during the mid @-@ 1990s . The media dubbed the phenomenon " Austenmania " . While it was common for a successful adaptation to lead to the production of others , this surge in Austen 's popularity involved many simultaneous projects — Persuasion 's production , for instance , coincided with the TV serial Pride and Prejudice and the feature film Sense and Sensibility . Despite the surge , film scholar Andrew Higson and others argue that there is little evidence that the various producers — who were employed by different companies — communicated when conceiving their adaptations . 
