From bonnets to ballgowns to Beverly Hills, Jane Austen's formidable heroines remain as sharp, stubborn, and unforgettable as ever — especially in film Jane Austen might have written her novels ...

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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 ...

Most readers are familiar with the Brontë sisters. But how many are familiar with the Austen sisters? There’s Jane, of course, but may we introduce you to her sister, Cassandra? Masterpiece PBS ...

In 1830, 13 years after the death of Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran), Cassandra (Keeley Hawes, deep and affecting) gets a message that the husband of the sisters’ late friend Eliza Fowle (Madeline ...

For decades, English novelist Jane Austen has been a constant source of inspiration for filmmakers and TV creators looking to adapt her work, but also authors who want to expand her world and our ...

Jane Austen is one of the English language’s most beloved writers, and yet the details of her own life remain relatively unknown. As the story goes, and as the new PBS “Masterpiece” series ...

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 ...

Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible. Her lack of familiarity with the current state of the graphic genre ...

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 ...

A show featuring never-before-seen family portraits is part of a year-long program celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. Cassandra's hand drawn copy from of a plate from an instruction ...

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is not autobiographical, but the famed author and her female protagonist, Elizabeth, do share certain traits. They both faced the same societal pressures ...