An ersatz "Pride and Prejudice" in all but name, "Becoming Jane" is a finely tooled Brit-lit costumer that, like Anne Hathaway's flawless accent as the young Austen, lacks only that final ...

In Becoming Jane, Jane loses her chance with Tom Lefroy, but is free to become one of the most important novelists in history. Given that, maybe Sanditon fans can imagine a similarly powerful fate ...

Becoming Jane draws on what we know of Austen’s life through her letters and writings, specifically her flirtations with a young lawyer named Tom Lefroy, and speculates on how this relationship ...

Becoming Jane is based on a chapter in Jon Spence’s 2003 critical biography, Becoming Jane Austen.In the book, Spence does identify Tom Lefroy as the love of Austen’s life and her relationship ...

It's a beguiling fancy to portray Jane Austen as the heroine of one her own stories, but Julian Jarrold's "Becoming Jane" does just that. By Ray Bennett , The Associated Press March 12, 2007 9:00pm ...

Becoming Jane is the story of an early love affair in the life of Jane Austen. Julie Walters (who plays Jane's mother) and rising star James McAvoy (who plays dashing love interest Tom Lefroy) ...

Becoming Jane is a gem of a period piece showing how a 1790s British woman, repressed by sexist conventions, became an enduring novelist. Yet, like Jane's handsome beau, the film seduces ...

It’s 1795 and the 20-year-old Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway) seems to have only two choices: marry well and lift herself (and her family) out of genteel poverty, or pursue her dreams of becoming a writer ...

However, there was one man who appeared in her letters - who was the subject of the Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy romance movie Becoming Jane - Tom Lefroy. Jane was thought to have met Tom back ...