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An exhibit at the Morgan Library celebrates "a lively mind," including with items like a letter she wrote with every word spelled backward.
Walking was a significant part of daily life for Austen, who spent her first 25 years in rural Steventon, near Basingstoke.
To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition spotlights her complicated relationship with the English city ...
Jane Austen fans around the world have been celebrating the 250th Anniversary of her birth with a wide variety of festivals, ...
The author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ among other classics, comes alive at a new show.
In the show, Cassandra reads many of these letters, transporting viewers between two timelines: the present in 1830 and the past when Jane and Cassandra were young. Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen.
"If anyone saw the drama Miss Austen they will know three of her closest friends from childhood were the Lloyds sisters - ...
After watching Miss Austen, you may find yourself wondering which Austen sister you’re most like — are you more of a Jane or a Cassandra? Now, you can find out!
- "Miss Austen" opens in 1840s England, two decades after Jane Austen's death, as her elderly sister, Cassandra, works to collect and destroy Jane's letters.
PBS’s ‘Masterpiece’ presents a four-part drama about Jane Austen and her elder sister, Cassandra, who burned the bulk of the novelist’s letters after her death.