INTERVIEW: French writer Laura Piani tells IndieWire how she used her directorial debut as a modern take on Austen's smart ...

Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” ...

The surviving letters do more than illuminate Jane Austen’s daily life; they help scholars explore how her personal ...

To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death ...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” — 3 stars Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature ...

Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown. Historians rely on Jane Austen’s correspondence as firsthand evidence of her thoughts and relationships. The letters offer clear insight into ...

It’s the portrait of a woman who will unblock and ... “The biggest difference is that in Jane Austen’s books, women had to get married to survive,” said Piani. “A wedding was the main ...

But while “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” certainly qualifies ... but the way it plays out is both unexpected and gratifying — a clear-eyed portrait of why Agathe’s singledom is not the ...

Credit: AP But while “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” certainly ... plays out is both unexpected and gratifying — a clear-eyed portrait of why Agathe's singledom is not the problem.