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 ...

Don't miss this fascinating story of sisterly love, premiering on Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 9/8c. "We are not most sisters." To protect her beloved sister Jane's memory, Cassandra Austen makes a ...

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 re-evaluation of the past eventually leads Cassandra to find a way to guide Isabella towards the path of happiness. Keeley Hawes takes the lead in Miss Austen, as Jane’s elder sister Cassandra.

It is the starting point, too, for Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen ... Jane, starring Anne Hathaway as Jane and Anna Maxwell Martin as Cassandra – have stumbled in the past.

This adaptation should send viewers to read Gill Hornby’s novel, and to read and reread Jane Austen. Miss Austen embraces the possibilities of fiction in rethinking the lives of the past.

The first Miss Austen trailer ... her sister’s (and her own) past, lest her private correspondence and intimate history become part of the official Jane Austen biography. But uncovering a ...