Jane Austin Challenge Phase 2

Tonight I watched “Becoming Jane”.  If you are following my Austin posts you know that before the Austenchallenge I was in an “Austen Free Zone”.

Meaning?  I had not read her, followed any of the recent books or ever watched an Austen related movie.  I really dont know why…

I have had Pride and Prejudice (which I am reading now) and Emma on my shelves for years.  So I planned to…. I just didn’t.  Thank you to this challenge for forcing my hand!

So this is the 2nd movie, having watched Pride and Prejudice Last week.  I really liked this one as well.  I found Jane’s character to be a lot like Elizabeth in P & P…. in the sense that they were both so very strong willed, independent women.   The ending was unexpected to me… I did not know that Jane Austen had never married. I guess I need to add to my personal challenge here to brush up on some Austen basics.