2007 · romance · drama
Becoming Jane
Directed by Julian Jarrold2h 0m2007
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.
Our read: Becoming Jane (2007) reads as a warm, measured, grounded romance · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle romance / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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