Learn what Miss Austen author Gill Hornby thinks of the TV adaptation airing on MASTERPIECE starring Keeley Hawes.

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

There was another real life Henry Hobday, even born in Sussex (Jane Austen’s final work, Sanditon, was set in a seaside town ...

The Gist: Cassandra lives alone on a big country estate; her maid hands her a letter from Isabella Fowle (Rose Leslie), ...

Such is the case with “Miss Austen,” the 2020 novel by Gill Hornby. The fictional account focuses on Jane’s sister, Cassandra, and her decision to destroy much of Jane’s correspondence ...

Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the ...

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

Set in 1830, Miss Austen season 1 investigates why Jane Austen's sister Cassandra destroyed the majority of her personal correspondence following her death. It premiered on February 2, 2025, on BBC ...

The mystery as to why Cassandra Austen burned most of her novelist sister Jane’s letters not long after her death in 1817 is ...