Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Agathe harbors the romantic notion that she is living in the wrong century and struggles to finish a book inspired by a fantasy.

If you’re somebody who dabbles in the creative side of things, you’re often inspired by the greats who came before you. Sometimes you may be such a huge fan of somebody’s work that they inspire your ...

To coincide with the 250th anniversary of her birth, last year saw the publication of two graphic biographies of Jane Austen. Both are handsome editions. The Novel Life of Jane Austen is slightly more ...

French writer Laura Piani tells IndieWire how she used her directorial debut as a modern way into Austen's smart brand of romantic comedy. Many film fans are starved for romantic stories right now, so ...

Jane Austen has touched multiple generations of women; that's an undeniable fact. From searching for their ideal Mr. Darcy to avoiding the Wickhams and Mr. Collinses of the world, her stories have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE, (aka JANE AUSTEN A GACHE MA VIE), Camille Rutherford, 2024 Written and directed by Laura Piani, Jane ...

Laura Piani's fresh rom-com about a love-challenged French writer is more "Persuasion" than "Emma," but still finds its own pains and pleasures with ease. Agathe Robinson is beset by two classic ...

Image Credit: Becoming Jane and Miss Austen Regrets (Image: BBC, PBS) There’s no way Regency fiction can be pictured without ...

A pleasant, low-friction bit of romantic fiction, “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is the first feature from writer-director Laura Piani. In her mid-20s, Piani worked in Paris in the venerable ...

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is a catchy, provocative title for writer-director Laura Piani’s debut feature, but it is a bit of a misnomer. Her heroine, Agathe (Camille Rutherford), may harbor that ...

In an early scene in Kate Evans’ Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen, she depicts 3-month-old, bundled-up baby Jane being smuggled out through the back door of her family’s large home. The ...

France is keeping the tradition of the romantic comedy alive with Jane Austen Wrecked My Life—aka Jane Austen a gâché ma vie, in French— a new, modern French rom-com that captures the spirit of Jane ...