When the novelist Thomas Hardy died, his widow Florence burned all his letters and notebooks ... of exploring Jane Austen’s private life and dreaming about the books she never wrote.

but after Jane's death, Cassandra famously burnt many of them. Miss Austen, which takes the timeslot of recent Sunday night period drama hits SAS Rogue Heroes and Wolf Hall, is an adaptation of Gill ...

Just 160 letters ... original book, and the adaptation, is that it presents Cassandra’s story with all the wit, verve and wry observation we have come to associate with Jane Austen herself.

New four-part drama Miss Austen is set to not only bring the literary mystery surrounding the burning of Jane Austen's letters to life ... t read the script or the book without crying – it's ...

But exactly what happens in the final episode of Miss Austen and why does Cassandra end up burning Jane's letters ... with editions of her sister's books but we then see that in that time ...

When they were separated the sisters would regularly write letters to each other ... like we are getting a new Jane Austen story in itself, and what a lovely surprise that is. "I also couldn’t read ...

The author is best remembered for her bold, witty heroines like Lizzie Bennet, a rarity at the time, but one of Austen’s best ...

Someone needs firing'; 'They belong in hardcover, traditional book binding, and dust jacket. They deserve to be passed down in families and lent to friends. It’s Jane AUSTEN for heavens sake.

When they were separated the sisters would regularly write letters ... a new Jane Austen story in itself, and what a lovely surprise that is. "I also couldn’t read the script or the book without ...

The series begins in 1830 and explores why Cassandra Austen burned all Jane's personal letters after her death ... “What Gill Hornby has done in her amazing book that we’ve adapted, is ...

Based on the book of the same name by Gill Hornby, Miss Austen ... after Jane’s death, with the older Cassandra arriving at the house of a family friend intent on getting hold of the letters.

Sadly, nearly all we know about Jane’s life outside the pages of her novel has been lost after her sister, Cassandra, burned almost all her private letters ... Jane Austen wrote six books ...