Watch Miss Austen Regrets

"Miss Austen Regrets" is a 2007 drama. In Jane Austen's final years, and with her 40th birthday on the horizon, she's been asked for her opinion of a suitor for her niece, Fanny. Jane reflects on her own marriage prospects, being offered a suitor's hand and turning it away after a day of contemplation, driving her family into poverty and a state that her mother would never let go. Jane's dissatisfaction with matrimony causes Fanny to have a change of heart. However, Jane can't bear to let her niece go through the same hardships that she underwent for her passions.