Jane Austen fans around the world have been celebrating the 250th Anniversary of her birth with a wide variety of festivals, ...

The author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ among other classics, comes alive at a new show.

To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition spotlights her complicated relationship with the English city ...

Cassandra Austen, sister to the beloved novelist Jane, was a talented amateur artist. She is finally getting her moment in the spotlight.

“Cassandra encouraged, supported and stood by Jane when she was at her lowest ebb—the rock in Jane’s stormy sea,” Andrea Gibb, Miss Austen ’s writer and executive producer, told the BBC ...

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 ...

Adapted from Gill Hornby's novel of the same name, Miss Austen is now making a surprise comeback. The forthcoming Miss Austen Returns is an adaptation of Honby's recently published follow-up book, The ...

Jane Austen scholars have long villainized Cassandra Austen because she infamously burned Jane’s letters, robbing future historians from getting to know the “real” Jane.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Miss Austen’ On PBS, Where Jane Austen’s Sister Cassandra Looks Back On Their Lives Years After Jane’s Death By Joel Keller @ joelkeller Published May 4, 2025, 4:00 ...

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, was ...

In the show, Cassandra reads many of these letters, transporting viewers between two timelines: the present in 1830 and the past when Jane and Cassandra were young. Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen.

Discover how Cassandra Austen’s story came to haunt the author, why she wanted this sister to step out of Jane’s shadow, and learn about other famous novelists in Hornby’s immediate family.