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Becoming Jane: A hint of the story behind the Austen novels

By Christine Anne Piesyk | October 11, 2007 |

Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion. Sense and Sensibility. These literary classics poured from the pen of Jane Austen, whose life is skillfully recounted in the new film, Becoming Jane.

Jane views the world in words, words she scripts in longhand with a fountain pen, page after page, playing out the timeless stories readers have loved for generations. Stories equally at home on screen in the hands of the finest filmmakers. Magical words.

This newest film, though, tells not one of Austen’s stories but of her own life and the people within it who became the inspiration for many of the world’s most beloved literary figures. Any shortfalls in historical depth or variations in truth can be forgiven (for no 112 minute film can do this justice); simply sit back and meander through the life that was Jane Austen. «Read the rest of this article»

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