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 ...

To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death ...

Miss Austen details how Cassy Austen might have had a second chance of romance with the (fictional) Henry Hobday, but ...

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 ...

Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel ...

A show featuring never-before-seen family portraits is part of a year-long program celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. Cassandra's hand drawn copy from of a plate from an instruction ...

Such is the case with “Miss Austen,” the 2020 novel by Gill Hornby. The fictional account focuses on Jane’s sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Jane’s correspondence ...

Cassandra Austen's 1795 hand-drawn copy of a plate from a 1786 drawing instruction manual Luke Shears / Jane Austen House When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra ...

“Miss Austen,” adapted from Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel by writer Andrea Gibbs, tells the inextricable stories of Cassandra and Jane. Over four episodes, releasing weekly starting May ...

But they’re worth it as a conduit to Cassandra’s and Jane’s 20s, a period when both women fielded suitors; the younger Austen grew into her voice as a writer, thanks in part to the ...