Becoming Jane

Her own life is her greatest inspiration.

A romantic biographical drama about a young Jane Austen's formative love affair and her struggle to preserve her artistic identity against social and familial pressure.

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.