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A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250 at the Morgan Library & Museum dives into the author’s world and her immense, ongoing legacy a quarter of a millennium after her birth. Autograph letter to ...
Why Cassandra burned Jane Austen's letters has been a cause of ongoing literary dispute, and is now being dramatised by the ...
$12.99 at amazon.com. To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death in 1845, erasing large parts of Austen’s ...
Patsy Ferran as Jane Austen with Synnøve Karlsen as the young Cassandra Austen. The letters themselves leave behind some clues. There are physical details on Austen’s letters that have also ...
In early January 1796, 20-year-old Jane Austen wrote a gossipy letter to her beloved older sister, Cassandra. It had news of Jane's current crush, "a very gentlemanlike, good-looking, pleasant ...
Cassandra (Synnøve Karlsen) and Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran) are the central characters in PBS’ new miniseries “Miss Austen,” an adaptation of Gill Hornby’s book.
When she was just shy of 33, Jane Austen attended a ball at the Dolphin Hotel in Southampton, England. Judging by a letter she wrote to her sister, Cassandra, in 1808, she had a decent, if ...
That stands in contrast with Cassandra, who has long been viewed with some consternation by historians of her sister. She burned all but 160 of Jane’s letters, which could have provided scholars ...
Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were ...
Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister ...
The Pride and Prejudice author's sister burned their correspondence—but why?