There’s a reason Jane Austen is one of English literature’s most beloved writers—or as she would have referred to herself, an authoress. Her heroines are witty, vivacious and whip smart. They’re ...

Love, for Jane Austen, had more to do with understanding than fantasy. She rarely gave her characters perfect endings without some mess first. That’s part of what makes her writing feel grounded. On ...

Repressed passions, thwarted ambitions and Empire-waisted gowns aren’t just Regency-era relics in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a low-tonnage pleasure bomb aimed straight at anyone who finds ...

With "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life," writer-director Laura Piani delivers a rom-com tailor-made for Austen devotees that centers on a modern-day echo of "Persuasion"’s Anne Elliot, a woman named Agathe ...

Driving through the countryside, aspiring author Agathe (Camille Rutherford) and grumpy literature professor Oliver (Charlie Anson) argue about Jane Austen. He might be driving Agathe to a Jane Austen ...

A pleasant, low-friction bit of romantic fiction, “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the first feature from writer-director Laura Piani. In her mid-20s, Piani worked in Paris in the venerable ...

Naming your romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (now streaming on Netflix) inevitably saddles it with certain expectations. The big obvious one is the invocation of the Mighty Austen, whose ...

In an early scene in Kate Evans’ Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, she depicts 3-month-old, bundled-up baby Jane being smuggled out through the back door of her family’s large home. The ...

A French film about English author Jane Austen? No, a delightful contemporary French comedy, partly in English, about a young French would-be author who admires Jane Austen but who can’t seem to ...