Becoming Jane

Jane Austen:
A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

Jane Austen:
My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

Tom Lefroy:
If you wish to practice the art of fiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital. Your horizons must be…widened.

Tom Lefroy:
What value will there ever be in life, if we are not together?

Eliza de Feuillide:
Flirting is a woman's trade. One must keep in practice.

Mrs. Austen:
Affection is desirable. Money is absolutely indispensable!

Reverend Austen:
Nothing destroys the spirit like poverty.

Mrs. Austen:
Jane!

Lady Gresham:
What is she doing?

Mr. Wisley:
Writing.

Lady Gresham:
Can anything be done about it?

John Warren:
[expressing his love for Jane] You cannot begin to imagine...

Jane:
Thank you for your kind attention... but... ARE THERE NO OTHER WOMEN IN HAMPSHIRE?!

Tom:
How can you of all people dispose of yourself without affection?

Jane:
How can I dispose of myself with it?

Becoming a woman. Becoming a legend.

Her own life is her greatest inspiration.

Between sense and sensibility and pride and prejudice was a life worth writing about.

Jane Austen's Greatest Love Story Was Her Own