Agathe is a French bookseller who works at Shakespeare and Company in Paris. She is very close to her co-worker Félix. One evening, Agathe is inspired to write the beginning of a romance novel in English. Félix reads her work and secretly sends it to the Jane Austen Residency, a two-week writing retreat held in England. When they accept her, Agathe reluctantly lets Félix drive her to the Channel ferry. As she is about to board, they kiss and she departs.
