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Sure, you're familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here's how everyone's connected in the Masterpiece show.
Masterpiece's new historical drama Miss Austen is an uneven exploration of the life of the less famous sister of Jane Austen. Read our review.
Ms. Ferran’s performance is a constant delight and has us, perhaps, looking at Jane Austen—who would have been 250 this year—in a new way. Adapted by Andrea Gibb, who also worked on the “Sanditon” ...
There was another real life Henry Hobday, even born in Sussex (Jane Austen’s final work, Sanditon, was set in a seaside town in West Sussex), but he was born in 1859, according to records on ...