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As it’s title indicates, “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” is a literary romance. It’s not drawn from Austen’s writing per se, but from a lonely French bookseller who is looking for love at ...
But the predominant vibe is throwback. Jane Austen Wrecked My Life scratched a real Nineties arthouse itch for me, the same era distributor Sony Pictures Classics arrived on the scene.
Image: Sony Pictures Classics 'Jane Austen Wrecked My Life' doesn't live up to its namesake On the stock exchange of literary acclaim, reputations rise, fall, go bust and sometimes rise again.
And yet, while Jane Austen Wrecked My Life proves "considerably tamer" than its title promises, "it still checks myriad boxes with the flourish of a feather-tipped pen." ...
Laura Piani's amiable new romance is weighed down by all its allusions and borrowings — and ultimately fails to deliver on Austen's wit.