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Jane Austen has ties to Bath, Reading and the Peak District, but her story began in Hampshire where she was born in 1775. Exhibitions, a country fair, Regency balls and writing festivals will mark her ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 Cassandra.

There you can visit Jane Austen's House, now a museum, to see her final home, writing desk, and some of her letters and jewelry. Plus, you can take a self-guided tour through the countryside that ...

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The all-star Austentatious cast improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel every night! Inspired entirely by a title from the audience and performed in period costume with live musical accompaniment ...

redeeming Cassandra Austen’s legacy, and why she thinks Cassandra burned so many of Jane’s letters. Mary Austen: I must instruct Isabella not to remove any of my sister’s private correspondence.