Jane Austen paid attention to the women novels had been invented to ignore, allowing readers to see their thoughts far more clearly.

Emma has been called a detective novel, and with good reason: the fun of first reading it consists largely in scrutinizing ...

Spirited (and gossipy) letters and manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum puncture myths about the writer’s rise to ...

The bitingly hilarious period drama is adapted from one of Jane Austen's lesser-known works. With a near-perfect 96 per cent ...

You flatter me, comparing me to Lizzie Bennett, my dear. - There's a lot of controversy around Cassandra from sort of Jane Austen fans, because she famously burnt these letters. - You know ...

But getting into Austen’s own mind isn’t easy. During her lifetime, she wrote thousands of letters to her sister Cassandra. After Jane’s death, Cassandra burnt almost all of them.

Miss Austen follows Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) as she attempts to secure the writer’s legacy…in an extremely controversial way. **Spoilers for Miss Austen on Masterpiece ...

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 ...

Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra. History has not been kind to her, given that her most noteworthy act was burning much of ...

Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra. History has not been kind to her, given that her most noteworthy act was burning much of the ...