The director of "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" was inspired by Austen's ability to be both entertaining and deep.

Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on ...

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is for the book lovers, not the romance lovers. Written and directed by Laura Piani, this French ...

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

From Clueless to Bridget Jones, Jane Austen's influence is everywhere - but which of her novels are the most popular?

It may be utter fantasy, but it’s the kind of escape you’ll want to revisit again and again, like a favorite Austen novel.” ...

Besides Shakespeare, no author may haunt the screen more than Jane Austen. Her novels, full of heroines who find love and ...

In Laura Piani's knowing comedy, a headbound bookshop clerk finds herself not ruined by the author but charmed by the possibilities of a fuller existence.

Part marriage plot, part novel about novels, “Northanger Abbey” is Austen’s strangest—and perhaps most underappreciated—work.

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