In BBC drama Miss Austen, Jane's sister Cassandra is on a mission to destroy a cache of letters following the 41-year-old ...

INTERVIEW: A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane ...

Along with the celebrations, the BBC will be airing four-part drama series Miss Austen, based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Gill Hornby and exploring why her sister Cassandra Austen (played by ...

Jane Austen died in 1817 at the age of 41, historians now believe that she died of Addison's disease, which is a type of adrenal deficiency. Though there are some who believe she later had cancer ...

On top of the 250th author's anniversary, it celebrates 30 years since the four film and TV adaptations were first seen in ...

As Miss Austen, a new series focused on Cassandra Austen, debuts on the BBC, we delve into the history of the other Austen ...

Towards the end of her life, in an act of near incomprehensible sabotage, the elder Austen sister burnt swathes of correspondence written by Jane, who had died almost 30 years earlier in 1817.

Keeley Hawes leads Miss Austen, BBC's newest drama which tells the life story of Jane Austen's sister Cassandra and their familial relationship. The series is based on Gill Hornby's novel of the ...

Cassandra is said never to have recovered from the loss and while she inherited his savings of £1,000, she, Jane and their mother lived on a very limited income after the sisters' father, Reverend ...

Miss Austen, which has a very impressive cast, is set to take viewers back in time to when author Jane Austen died. It follows Jane's sister, Cassandra Austen, who famously burnt Jane's private ...