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Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel ...
Anointed “the queen of British telly” overseas, the actress leads a series about Austen’s prim older sister, who torched most ...
Masterpiece's new historical drama Miss Austen is an uneven exploration of the life of the less famous sister of Jane Austen.
Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby's novel for television and why readers ...
A new PBS 'Masterpiece' series uses Austen's sister Cassandra as a window into the lives of unmarried Regency women ...
"Miss Austen," which premieres on PBS on May 4, offers an entirely plausible backstory on why Jane Austen's older sister may ...
Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates as to why.
In “Miss Austen,” though, she’s humanized as a deeply devoted sister who just wanted to keep Jane’s most unfiltered thoughts ...
Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the ...
Rose Leslie and Keeley Hawes lead an all-star cast in Masterpiece's miniseries mystery about Jane Austen and her sister, ...
The Gist: Cassandra lives alone on a big country estate; her maid hands her a letter from Isabella Fowle (Rose Leslie), ...