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To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death ...
Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel ...
He knows he’s got a bestseller on his hands in Jane Austen. Jane Austen is, to me, an ever-unfolding revelation. She is not the prim, sheltered spinster of literary myth, but a bold, worldly ...
‘Just marry rich’ a friend advises the unnamed, gay, and thoroughly disillusioned Iranian/Indian post-doc narrator of this spikily funny rom ... mind a modern day Jane Austen.
This charming travel-friendly game has a literary-themed twist ... and one of the cutest gifts for book lovers, too. Fans of Jane Austen’s wit and wisdom will love this quirky, beautifully ...
It’s not. Piani has constructed a rare gem in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” which manages to be literary without being pretentious. Its title is cheekily hyperbolic but has some truth to it ...
He’s also, as it happens, Jane Austen’s great-great-grandnephew, but a somewhat ungrateful one: He much prefers contemporary literature to his relative’s work. Agathe and Oliver detest each ...
Most readers are familiar with the Brontë sisters. But how many are familiar with the Austen sisters? There’s Jane, of course, but may we introduce you to her sister, Cassandra? Masterpiece PBS ...