Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane is a 2007 film based on the life of Jane Austen and her posited relationship with Thomas Langlois Lefroy.

Directed by Julian Jarrold. Written by Kevin Hood and Sarah Williams.

Becoming a woman. Becoming a legend. (taglines)

Jane Austen

• A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.
• My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

Tom Lefroy

• If you wish to practice the art of fiction, to be the equal of a masculine author, experience is vital. Your horizons must be…widened.
• What value will there ever be in life, if we are not together?

Others

• Eliza de Feuillide: Flirting is a woman's trade. One must keep in practice.
• Mrs. Austen: Affection is desirable. Money is absolutely indispensable!
• Reverend Austen: Nothing destroys the spirit like poverty.

Dialogue

Mrs. Austen: Jane!

Lady Gresham: What is she doing?

Mr. Wisley: Writing.

Lady Gresham: Can anything be done about it?

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John Warren: [expressing his love for Jane] You cannot begin to imagine...

Jane: Thank you for your kind attention... but... ARE THERE NO OTHER WOMEN IN HAMPSHIRE?!

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Tom: How can you of all people dispose of yourself without affection?

Jane: How can I dispose of myself with it?

Taglines

• Becoming a woman. Becoming a legend.
• Her own life is her greatest inspiration.
• Between sense and sensibility and pride and prejudice was a life worth writing about.
• Jane Austen's Greatest Love Story Was Her Own

Cast

• Anne Hathaway - Jane Austen
• James McAvoy - Tom Lefroy
• Julie Walters - Mrs. Austen
• James Cromwell - Rev. Austen
• Maggie Smith - Lady Gresham
• Lucy Cohu - Eliza De Feuillide

External links

• Becoming Jane quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Becoming Jane at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Official Becoming Jane U.K. Site
• The Official Becoming Jane U.S. Site