Driving through the countryside, aspiring author Agathe (Camille Rutherford) and grumpy literature professor Oliver (Charlie Anson) argue about Jane Austen.
He might be driving Agathe to a Jane Austen-inspired writers’ residency – and he might be the most Mr. Darcy-coded man to have ever walked the earth – but Oliver is not all that interested in what the “Pride and Prejudice” author was bringing to the table. This, understandably, offends Agathe, who holds Jane Austen to the highest of standards. She shoots back at Oliver’s criticism, telling him that maybe the reason he finds the author tedious is because the women in the literature that he holds in high regard were written by men, and therefore are ideals. Jane Austen wrote women as they are – complex, human, and sometimes even boring. Just women.
Agathe is that very kind of protagonist – the romantic, slightly salty, a little strange, a little funny, girl at the heart of “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” Laura Piani’s sweet, oddball romantic comedy about a woman thwarted by the romantic expectations Jane Austen has thrust upon her. She’s searching for her Mr. Darcy in a world of Henry Crawfords, and honestly, who among us?
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