At the heart of the BBC's new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have stressed that the real life C ...

Shortly after Austen died at the age of 41 in 1817, her sister Cassandra Austen burnt some of her letters – meaning there are gaps in her personal story. A recent BBC drama Miss Austen, starring ...

Keeley Hawes stars in a new trailer for the PBS Masterpiece drama series, Miss Austen. Watch it now before the series ...

"We are not most sisters." To protect her beloved sister Jane's memory, Cassandra Austen makes a decision that will have consequences for centuries to come. Don't miss this fascinating, witty ...

It is the starting point, too, for Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen, adapted now as a four-part BBC One period drama, and asking the simple question: why did Cassandra Austen destroy so many ...

UPDATED: Masterpiece on PBS has released a new trailer for Miss Austen, its four-part miniseries based on Gil Hornby’s novel, which takes a deeper look at Cassandra Austin’s ( Keeley Hawes) bond and ...

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