Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates as to why.

Why Cassandra burned Jane Austen's letters has been a cause of ongoing literary dispute, and is now being dramatised by the ...

Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby's novel for television and why readers and viewers continue to gravitate to Jane Austen.

attempts to recast Cassandra more positively, along with her motive for destroying Jane’s letters, which includes keeping them away from family members like the sly Mary Austen (played by ...