I almost wanted to bring it up earlier, because I have this beautiful folio book of Jane Austen’s History of England and it’s illustrated by Cassandra. Did it ever come up in conversation that ...

Although their brothers married, neither of the Austen sisters ever did. Cassandra was engaged, but her fiance, Thomas Fowle, died of yellow fever abroad before they could wed. Images: Wikimedia ...

Neither of the Austen sisters ever married and they spent long stretches living together, in some cases with one of their brothers and his family. After Jane died in 1817, aged 41, Cassandra ...

Why did Cassandra Austen burn the letters of her sister ... If they didn't get married, what did they have? And they were dependent on their husbands, on their brothers, and on their fathers." ...

Sadly, this wasn't the case and the famed author never married, nonetheless, as depicted in Miss Austen, she did have a brief ... to know about her older sister Cassandra’s love life with ...

She was engaged to Thomas Fowle in 1794 but before they were married he was sent to the ... it is there that she died. Did Cassandra Austen really destroy Jane Austen's letters?

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The series—which opens in 1830, 13 years after Jane’s death ...

The short answer is no. The writer never married but much like in the TV series, she did have ... Some Miss Austen viewers are also keen to know about her sister Cassandra’s love life with ...

Jane Austen was never married ... gave us the only two authenticated likenesses of her sister. Cassandra, like Jane, never married (a fiancé died of yellow fever) and the sisters maintained ...

She was engaged to Thomas Fowle in 1794 but before they were married he was ... any potential scandal. Cassandra really did destroy some of her sibling's letters, and while 160 of them survive there ...