As Miss Austen dramatizes, the mystery of the missing letters is as much about family as it is about literature. Jane and Cassandra shared a rare closeness. Neither married, and they spent much of ...

Cassandra, Jane and Eliza were particularly close growing up, making them an ideal trio for the story’s focus. From that vantage point, Miss Austen is one of the closest biographical experiences ...

Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra. History has not been kind to her, given that her most noteworthy act was burning much of ...

Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra. History has not been kind to her, given that her most noteworthy act was burning much of the ...

You flatter me, comparing me to Lizzie Bennett, my dear. - There's a lot of controversy around Cassandra from sort of Jane Austen fans, because she famously burnt these letters. - You know ...

Miss Austen follows Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) as she attempts to secure the writer’s legacy…in an extremely controversial way. **Spoilers for Miss Austen on Masterpiece ...

The modest lodging room where one of the world’s greatest novelists, Jane Austen ... place. Cassandra, who was played by Keeley Hawes in the recent BBC period drama Miss Austen, wrote later ...

But getting into Austen’s own mind isn’t easy. During her lifetime, she wrote thousands of letters to her sister Cassandra. After Jane’s death, Cassandra burnt almost all of them.

In her novel, Miss Austen, Gill explores the deep bond between Jane and her loving sister Cassandra. In this episode, Gill talks about writing this heartfelt novel, redeeming Cassandra Austen’s ...

Repressed passions, thwarted ambitions and Empire-waisted gowns aren’t just Regency-era relics in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a low-tonnage pleasure bomb aimed straight at anyone who ...