Why Cassandra burned Jane Austen's letters has been a cause of ongoing literary dispute, and is now being dramatised by the BBC in the form of excellent period show, Miss Austen. If you're a fan ...

As the world celebrates 250 years of Jane Austen, a small village in Hampshire is the heart of her enduring literacy legacy ...

Miss Austen. The show picks up with Cassandra years after Jane’s death. After the death of a family friend, Cassandra arrives on the scene to steal back letters to the family that were written ...

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 ...

Reviews have stressed that the real life Cassandra’s destruction of her sister Jane Austen’s letters has been considered one of the greatest acts of literary vandalism in history. These ...

Set in 1830, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery — Cassandra Austen (Hawes) notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters — and reimagines it as a heart-breaking story of sisterly love.

Now, in this series, Hawes plays an older Cassandra Austen, heading back to her childhood estate in order to retrieve the letters and eventually commit the deed that shrouded her in infamy.

Reviews have stressed that the real life Cassandra's destruction of her sister Jane Austen's letters has been considered one of the greatest acts of literary vandalism in history. These letters ...