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"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 ...
Seven reasons not to miss this new show. Miss Austen takes an historic literary mystery – the notorious burning of Jane Austen’s letters by her sister Cassandra – and reimagines it as a ...
This fiery obliteration has become Cassandra’s defining act – and in the subsequent centuries it has left Austen fans and ...
Why Cassandra burned Jane Austen's letters has been a cause of ongoing literary dispute, and is now being dramatised by the ...
Miss Austen chronicles the story of Jane’s older sibling Cassandra (Keeley Hawes ... “I think what will draw viewers in is ...
Miss Austen on BBC One review: this Jane Austen origin story is slow as treacle - 3/5 This split-timeline examination of the Austen sisters’ lives fails to get the pulse racing ...
BBC Arts, which has already made a serial, Miss Austen, focusing on Cassandra, Jane’s sister, announced a three-part docuseries, Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius. The announcement of this serial ...