If Becoming Jane is to be believed, Pride and Prejudice was inspired by Jane Austen's own doomed love affair with the rakish, romantic Tom Lefroy. In reality, it's more the other way around: the movie borrows from Austen's most popular novel to embellish what little is known about her real-life romantic affair. In the movie's version of Austen's life, she, like Elizabeth Bennet, eventually falls for a frustrating but charming man whose family is considerably "higher" than hers in station. As they realise the depths of their feelings for each other, they're pulled between what they want to do and what their families expect of them.