
Miss Austen Regrets (2008) on Netflix
In 1814, Jane Austen is nearing forty when she accompanies her niece Fanny home from a family wedding. Fanny asks her aunt about love and marriage, and why Jane never married.
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Plot summary
Jane Austen accepts a proposal of marriage in 1802, then changes her mind by the following morning. Twelve years later she and her sister Cassandra go to the wedding of their niece Anna Austen, who marries Benjamin Lefroy. Jane goes home with another niece, Fanny Knight, and her brother Edward Austen-Knight. Fanny, who calls Jane her favorite aunt, introduces her to a potential suitor, Mr. Plumptre, and asks why her aunt never married. Jane, who says she has no experience of that kind of love, holds that everyone should be free to marry once for love. Fanny's uncle, the Reverend Brook Bridges, arrives worried about Jane's influence over the girl.
Cast
Olivia Williamsas Jane Austen
Greta Scacchias Cassandra Austen
Imogen Pootsas Fanny Knight
Phyllida Lawas Mrs. Austen
Pip Torrensas Edward Austen Knight
Tom Hiddlestonas Mr. John Plumptre
Hugh Bonnevilleas Rev. Brook Bridges
Tom Goodman-Hillas Mr. Lushington MP
Jack Hustonas Doctor Charles Haden
Samuel Roukinas Harris Bigg
Adrian Edmondsonas Henry Austen
Jason Watkinsas Rev. Clarke















