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Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.
Masterpiece on PBS’s Miss Austen is based on Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name, which is, in turn, based on the real Jane Austen, Cassandra Austen, and their friends and relatives.
DECIDER caught up with Miss Austen star Keeley Hawes last week to chat through all things Cassandra Austen. Hawes not only revealed that she’s a massive costume drama herself — shouting out ...
Miss Austen takes an historic literary mystery – the notorious burning of Jane Austen’s letters by her sister Cassandra – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty, and heart-breaking story ...
(About 160 survive, likely the most banal of the collection.) “Miss Austen,” based on the novel by Gill Hornby, will attempt to justify Cassandra’s vandalism, though Ms. Hawes, per her usual ...
Jane Austen fans hardly needed more encouragement, but for the author’s 250th anniversary, the perennial Regency love-in has gone into overdrive. Already underway is a series of country-wide ...
“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” — 3 stars (out of 4) MPA rating: R (for language, some sexual content, and nudity) Running time: 1:34. How to watch: Premieres in select theaters May 23.
A hopeless romantic working in a bookshop meets Jane Austen's great-nephew in the new French rom-com "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." Here's our review.
“Miss Austen,” adapted from Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel by writer Andrea Gibbs, tells the inextricable stories of Cassandra and Jane. Over four episodes, releasing weekly starting May 4, we see ...
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice reminds us that some of the most romantic moments are neither a kiss nor a spoken word, but rather a sense of mutual understanding or the simple flex of a hand.
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is not currently streaming on Netflix or Amazon, because the movie is being released in theaters, only. Right now, the only way to watch Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is ...
The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so fascinated by Jane Austen 250 years after her birth.