There’s much to admire in this series about Jane and her sister Cassandra, who inexplicably burned many of the writer’s letters, but it cannot quite nail the great author’s piercing satire ...

Keeley Hawes, who stars as Cassandra Austen in the BBC drama, and director Aisling Walsh chime in on the debate along with writer Andrea Gibb who calls the show “a feminist piece.” ...

Miss Austen provides a captivating glimpse into the life of the renowned author. As a devoted fan of Jane Austen since my teenage years, I believed I had a comprehensive understanding of the ...

As an avid Jane Austen fan from the age of 16, I thought I knew all there was to know about the famed writer, but after watching BBC and PBS Masterpiece’s Miss Austen, there’s so much more to ...

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.

“Jane Austen is a lifestyle!” a young woman wearing a Pemberley slogan jumper tells me over Zoom, her passion palpable through the screen. “Not only can you read the novels, but I met my ...

BBC One's Sunday night historical drama slot has been filled by Miss Austen, telling the story of Jane Austen's beloved elder sister Cassandra with Keeley Hawes in the lead role. Cassandra and Jane ...

BBC’s big new Sunday drama is Miss Austen. It is based on the real life Austen family - including author Jane. The show is inspired by Cassandra Austen burning all of her sister’s personal ...

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 same ...

New four-part drama Miss Austen is set to not only bring the literary mystery surrounding the burning of Jane Austen's letters to life, but it will also be an adaptation that will explore a side ...