A new PBS 'Masterpiece' series uses Austen's sister Cassandra as a window into the lives of unmarried Regency women ...

Jane Austen's older sister, Cassandra, disposed hundreds of letters between the two after Jane's death. But what secrets did ...

A poignant four-part 'Masterpiece' drama focuses on Jane Austen's devoted sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes), who years after ...

Adaptations of the author’s wise and witty novels have long entertained film and TV audiences. This year—the 250th ...

Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby's novel for television and why readers ...

Anointed “the queen of British telly” overseas, the actress leads a series about Austen’s prim older sister, who torched most ...

In “Miss Austen,” though, she’s humanized as a deeply devoted sister who just wanted to keep Jane’s most unfiltered thoughts ...

PBS’s ‘Masterpiece’ presents a four-part drama about Jane Austen and her elder sister, Cassandra, who burned the bulk of the ...

Based on the popular novel by Gill Hornsby, “Miss Austen” focuses on Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) who, ...

Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates as to why.

When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra, was overcome with grief. “She was the sun of my life, ...

While Jane Austen's work has unknowingly birthed some of the most iconic period drama adaptations, 2005's Pride & Prejudice ...