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

Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel ...

In Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen, the author builds a story around the fact that Jane Austen’s older sister Cassandra burned the letters Jane wrote to a friend, Eliza Fowle. The letters ...

Miss Austen details how Cassy Austen might have had a second chance of romance with the (fictional) Henry Hobday, but ...

Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby's novel for television and why readers ...

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Masterpiece on PBS is whisking us back into the romantic Regency era world of Jane Austen, only this time, Jane’s sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) is our leading lady. The new Masterpiece show ...

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Caution: This post contains SPOILERS for Miss Austen season 1, episode 4. Cassandra continues to focus on finding a home for ...

Cassandra, Jane and Eliza were particularly close growing up, making them an ideal trio for the story’s focus. From that vantage point, Miss Austen is one of the closest biographical experiences ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were ...

Such is the case with “Miss Austen,” the 2020 novel by Gill Hornby. The fictional account focuses on Jane’s sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Jane’s correspondence ...