When the novelist Thomas Hardy died, his widow Florence burned all his letters and notebooks in the grounds behind their ...

The four-part drama focused on the life of Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes) as she sought out her younger sister Jane’s (Patsy Ferran) personal correspondence before they could be used as ...

In the show, a young Cassandra (Synnøve Karlsen) was betrothed to Tom Fowle (Calam Lynch), but the modest curate perished at sea while on a journey to amass wealth. Devastated, Cassandra never married ...

The BBC's new period drama Miss Austen aired on Sunday night and viewers were quick to praise Keeley Hawes and the all-star cast ...

There’s much to admire in this series about Jane and her sister Cassandra, who inexplicably burned many of the writer’s ...

Fans of the writer are sure to enjoy this gentle and charming period drama - but I'm not sure it'll spawn any new readers ...

In the show, a young Cassandra (Synnøve Karlsen) was betrothed to Tom Fowle (Calam Lynch), but the modest curate tragically perished at sea while on a journey to amass his fortune. Devastated, ...

Miss Austen, which takes the timeslot of recent Sunday night period drama hits SAS Rogue Heroes and Wolf Hall, is an ...

There is a long and rich history of onscreen adaptations of Jane’s enduring love stories from BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice ...

Jane Austen is popular just about any time of the year, but she and her six most well-known novels are especially popular ...

A novelist and short-story writer, she devoted years to a nonfiction project examining of the lives of two eccentric authors ...

A drama that marks Jane Austen's birth 250 years ago is coming to the BBC - here's the cast list and how you can watch it this February.