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then BBC's new period drama Miss Austen has to be it. But, will there be a second season of the hit series? The four-part drama is loosely based on the book by Gill Hornby and follows the story of ...

When it comes to Jane Austen-inspired books and movies, Helen Fielding’s book-turned-movie “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is one of the most recognizable. Not only did the novel help shape the modern ...

Jane Austen is a lifestyle!” a young woman wearing a Pemberley slogan sweater tells me over Zoom, her passion palpable ...

Miss Austen is the latest BBC period drama to grace our screens. Adapted from Gill Hornby's best-selling novel of the same name, the four-part series tells the story of Jane Austen's older sister, ...

It's one of the greatest literary mysteries: why were Jane Austen's letters destroyed — and by her own sister? The question is at the heart of new BBC drama Miss Austen, which is based on Gill ...

Synnøve Karlsen as Cassy Austen, Phyllis Logan as Mrs Austen and Patsy Ferran as Jane Austen in Miss Austen. Robert Viglasky The plain answer is... kind of. The new BBC drama is based on the ...

Miss Austen also features plenty of idyllic locations, including beautiful shots of the countryside, some manor houses and the villages which both Jane and Cassandra frequented together.

"First off the televisual blocks" is a BBC adaptation of Gill Hornby's book, "Miss Austen". The four-part series explores why Cassandra Austen carried out what some believe to be "the greatest act of ...