This fiery obliteration has become Cassandra’s defining act – and in the subsequent centuries it has left Austen fans and biographers weeping in frustration. How could Jane’s closest ...

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 ...

How much of Ms. Jane Austen's personal life, wishes and dreams was brought into her work? But what about her Irish lover?

Jane Austen fans will have been gripped by the recent BBC drama "Miss Austen", which tells the story of Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane’s letters in an act of ...

The first Miss Austen trailer introduces us to another Miss Austen: Cassandra, Jane’s sister. Based on Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name, the four-part series imagines the circumstances ...

"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 ...

Watch the new trailer above. PREVIOUS, Jan. 21: Masterpiece on PBS has released the first trailer for Miss Austen, ahead of its May 4 premiere. “I am not ready to let my beloved sister, ...

The four-part miniseries is based on the novel by Gill Hornby and follows Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes), sister to famous Regency-era author Jane Austen. Cassandra's claim to fame instead is the ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, and the guides are offering special tours in her honour.

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 ...

The cleverness of the original book, and the adaptation, is that it presents Cassandra’s story with all the wit, verve and wry observation we have come to associate with Jane Austen herself.