without it. She tells Tom that they cannot elope, not with so many people depending upon him. He insists that he and Jane must marry and tells her he will earn money, but Jane tells him that it will not be enough; he will never be able to make enough money to support his dependants with a High Court judge (his uncle) as an enemy and with a penniless wife. Distraught, Tom asks her if she loves him, and she replies, "Yes, but if our love destroys your family, then it will destroy itself, in a long, slow degradation of guilt and regret and blame." Jane returns home and receives a proposal from John Warren. She declines, and suddenly accuses him of being the one who wrote to the Judge and denied her chances of happiness. Lady Gresham informs Jane that Mr. Wisley is withdrawing his proposal, but Wisley and Jane talk afterwards and part as friends. Twenty years later, Jane, now a successful author and by choice unmarried, sees Tom during a gathering. Henry, now married to Eliza, brings Tom to her. Tom introduces his eldest daughter, who admires Jane's novels. Tom's daughter asks Jane to read aloud, but as Jane rarely does so Tom remonstrates with his daughter calling her by name - which is also Jane. Astonished that he named his eldest after her, Jane agrees to her request. The last scene shows Tom's daughter sitting by Jane as she reads aloud from Pride and Prejudice, while Tom watches Jane affectionately. As she concludes, their eyes meet and Tom joins the rest of the company in honouring Jane and her work with applause. Cast Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen James McAvoy as Thomas "Tom" Lefroy Julie Walters as Mrs. Austen James Cromwell as Reverend George Austen Maggie Smith as Lady Gresham Lucy Cohu as Eliza, Comtesse de Feuillide Laurence Fox as Mr. Wisley Joe Anderson as Henry Austen Ian Richardson as Lord Chief Judge Langlois of London Sophie Vavassuer as Jane Lefroy Anna Maxwell Martin as Cassandra Austen Leo Bill as John Warren Jessica Ashworth as Lucy Lefroy Eleanor Methven as Mrs Lefroy Helen McCrory as Mrs Radcliffe Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Robert Fowle Production Conception and adaptation In 2004, screenwriter Sarah Williams approached Douglas Rae and Robert Bernstein of Ecosse Films with the intention of creating a film about the life of Jane Austen, a popular nineteenth