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included in "The Art Of Cassandra" at Jane Austen's House. Photo: Luke Shears. A quiet figure in Jane Austen’s life is stepping into the spotlight. The novelist’s older sister, Cassandra ...
Cassandra's 1802 watercolor of a man crossing a wintry landscape with his dog Luke Shears / Jane Austen House “The Art of Cassandra” features ten works. Six are recent donations or loans to ...
In the show, Cassandra reads many of these letters ... of England’s most celebrated authors. Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown. Historians rely on Jane Austen’s correspondence ...
Keeley Hawes stars in an immaculate period drama which attempts to justify why Cassandra Austen literally torched part of her older sister's legacy. For many literary scholars, Cassandra Austen ...
You mentioned that she’s an artist. I almost wanted to bring it up earlier, because I have this beautiful folio book of Jane Austen’s History of England and it’s illustrated by Cassandra.
Historians rely on Jane Austen’s correspondence as ... In one letter from January 1801, Jane wrote to Cassandra, “I have now attained the true art of letter-writing, which we are always ...
Masterpiece on PBS is whisking us back into the romantic Regency era world of Jane Austen, only this time, Jane’s sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) is our leading lady. The new Masterpiece show ...
MISS AUSTEN takes a literary mystery – Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly ...
“The Art of Cassandra” features ten works. Six are recent donations or loans to the museum from descendants of the Austen family that are going on public display for the first time.