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Through her fevered delirium, Cassandra guards Jane’s letters from her sister-in-law Mary Austen. Through her feverish delirium, Cassandra guards Jane's letters from Mary Austen. As she drifts ...
I knew Jane Austen’s novels backwards and forwards since I was at school and loved them very much. However, it was 32 years ago when we moved into our current home [the Old Vicarage in Kintbury ...
Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ...
In the two centuries or so since her soothing observations of the pains of repeated dinner invitations were unfurled before us, has Jane Austen ever managed to wreck anyone's life? We Austen ...
And of course, all that’s within Jane Austen’s world. Her ability to reveal a character’s true nature through scathing or witty dialogue is just a joy to read. I feel you can never tire of it.
Masterpiece mainstay Keeley Hawes stars in the four-part series as Cassandra Austen, the older sister and best friend of legendary author Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran). Even though Jane passed years ...
Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown. Historians rely on Jane Austen’s correspondence as firsthand evidence of her thoughts and relationships. The letters offer clear insight into ...