mamadeb

If I recall, in the novel one of the reasons Anne was dissuaded from marrying Wentworth was because he drank and was abusive (to a ... previous wife or something?). By the time she met him again he was sober and repentant. It was kinda disturbing to me how they scissored out that little detail and made it seem that the lack of money and social standing was the only reason for the objection. Wentworth's previous difficulties made the objections more plausible, the choice more difficult and the decision more moving.

Just my opinion.