Becoming Jane

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

• future
• new love
• judge
• england
• empowerment
• country life
• letter
• lovers
• biography
• sister
• author
• ireland
• family
• candid
• portrait of an artist
• pathetic
• stern
• absurd
• biographical