Miss Austen Regrets

Miss Austen Regrets is a 2007 biographical drama television film directed by Jeremy Lovering and written by Gwyneth Hughes.

[3] It stars Olivia Williams as Jane Austen, with Imogen Poots, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Bonneville, Adrian Edmondson and Jack Huston.

[4][6] Reverend Bridges has concerns about Jane as a role model, "leading her young niece astray with her fanciful ideas and clever wit".

His worst fears are confirmed when Fanny, convinced that Mr. Plumptre will not propose, blames Jane for standing in the way of her desire to be happily married.

Cassandra tries to comfort Jane, but as she becomes weaker, she looks back on her life and wonders if she had made the right choices about love, money, and marriage.

[6] Fanny begs her not to destroy them, hoping to finally find the answers to Jane's lost love, but she continues to burn the letters, overcome with grief.