What did Jane Austen read, in between writing "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma"? In "Jane Austen's Bookshelf," "Pawn Stars" ...

Romney, an Austen aficionado, wondered what else she didn’t know about the great English novelist. She began scouring Austen’s letters and ... In her new book, “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf ...

And that's partly because of an act that infuriates many to this day – which is the subject of new TV drama Miss Austen. In early January 1796, 20-year-old Jane Austen wrote a gossipy letter to ...

The actress, best known for The Durrells and Line of Duty, was fascinated by the adaptation of Gill Hornby’s new book Miss Austen ... rid of her own letters from Jane, but also for denying ...

Just 160 letters ... original book, and the adaptation, is that it presents Cassandra’s story with all the wit, verve and wry observation we have come to associate with Jane Austen herself.

When the novelist Thomas Hardy died, his widow Florence burned all his letters and notebooks ... of exploring Jane Austen’s private life and dreaming about the books she never wrote.

but after Jane's death, Cassandra famously burnt many of them. Miss Austen, which takes the timeslot of recent Sunday night period drama hits SAS Rogue Heroes and Wolf Hall, is an adaptation of Gill ...

New four-part drama Miss Austen is set to not only bring the literary mystery surrounding the burning of Jane Austen's letters to life ... t read the script or the book without crying – it's ...

When they were separated the sisters would regularly write letters to each other ... like we are getting a new Jane Austen story in itself, and what a lovely surprise that is. "I also couldn’t read ...