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You can watch Becoming Jane (2007) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

Though young Jane Austen's financially strapped parents expect her to marry the nephew of wealthy Lady Gresham, Jane herself knows that such a union will destroy her creativity and sense of self-worth. Instead, she becomes involved with Tom Lefroy, a charming but penniless apprentice lawyer who gives her the knowledge of the heart she needs for her future career as a novelist.

Choosing a secure marriage means sacrificing the very wit and autonomy that fuel a brilliant literary mind. This period drama captures the friction between societal expectations and the wild, unyielding hunger for true intellectual connection.

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