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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Austen, as we encounter her in many of her letters to Cassandra, seems also to share with Marianne flashes of anger, sympathy and passionate outrage that prove hard to suppress or which she chooses ...

and the four-part series tells the untold story of Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes), who burned her sister Jane's letters. Fans were impressed with the BBC show, taking to social media to ...

Cassandra] She was my sister. Everything one needs to know about Jane Austen is found within the pages of her novels. - You know that is most certainly not true. There's sure to be letters that ...

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 ...

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 would ...