Miss Austen Regrets
Feb 03 2008
•2h 30m
•Drama, History, TV Movie
Jane Austen is about to turn 40, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached by her niece Fanny and asked to help select the perfect husband for the young girl, the aging spinster begins to wonder why it is that she never found a man to share her own life with.
Cast
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Olivia Williams
Jane Austen
Greta Scacchi
Cassandra Austen
Imogen Poots
Fanny Austen Knight
Phyllida Law
Mrs. Austen
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