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

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

Jane Austen remains one of the world's most deeply beloved authors. Friendship, companionship and romance are big themes in ...

Driving through the countryside, aspiring author Agathe (Camille Rutherford) and grumpy literature professor Oliver (Charlie ...

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.” ...

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

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

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.

A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.

The perils of romance, embarrassing families, self-knowledge and love – all wrapped up in a good dose of social satire – are ...

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