Rise of a Genius' might not be wholly revelatory, but it’s a necessary addition to Austen’s 250th anniversary celebrations ...

One of the highlights of my year so far was talking to the brilliant Jane Austen biographer Paula Byrne at the Althorp ...

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 ...

This show includes some of the siblings however it focuses mainly on the two sisters. This reimagining of the life, loves, and letters of Jane Austen, her sister Cassandra, and their lifelong ...

Or so we gather from Miss Austen ... the pleasures of life.” The siblings’ emotional saga plays out against the elder Cassandra’s efforts to keep Jane’s letters from her calculating ...

The Character: Cassandra Austen, the beloved sister of classic author Jane Austen, who wanted to protect her sister Jane’s legacy. Why She Took the Role: “When I received the script, I had ...

Writing great sister acts (think the Bennett siblings of Pride and Prejudice, the Dashwoods of Sense and Sensibility) came naturally to Jane Austen ... loyal and adoring Cassandra (Keeley Hawes ...