To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death ...

The author of a forthcoming biography on Jane Austen believes she has unearthed a previously undiscovered portrait of the novelist. Dr Paula Byrne was midway through her new book when her husband ...

The normally private residence where the Pride & Prejudice author took lodgings for the final three months of her life with ...

Jane Austen is one of the most celebrated ... She believes she has come across a possible portrait of the author, lost to the world for nearly two centuries. Can the picture stand up to forensic ...

Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen ... did Cassandra burn so many of Jane’s letters, and what might have been lost? The destruction has left ...

Indeed, Hornby wrote Miss Austen at least partly with the intention of explaining her actions. Getty Images This pencil and watercolour portrait of Jane by ... as if I have lost a part of ...

Cassandra Austen's 1795 hand-drawn copy of a plate ... Cassandra’s best-known work is a portrait of Jane that now resides in the National Portrait Gallery in London. “Her skill was akin ...