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Learn what Miss Austen author Gill Hornby thinks of the TV adaptation airing on MASTERPIECE starring Keeley Hawes.
Miss Austen details how Cassy Austen might have had a second chance of romance with the (fictional) Henry Hobday, but ultimately chose to stay with her ailing sister. Jane Austen did in fact die young ...
To date, 160 of an estimated 3,000 letters have been found and preserved. Most were destroyed by Cassandra before her death ...
Yet many have been surprised to find out one detail about the notes shared by a Reddit user recently. Banknotes in the UK ...
Students in Professor Carolyn Dever’s first-year seminar class put together an exhibit honoring author Jane Austen’s works on ...
Throughout the year of the author’s 250th birthday, the British spa town of Bath is celebrating its place as an Austen-lovers paradise. Jane Austen fans taking part in the world-famous Grand ...
The series tries to solve one of the largest literary mysteries that has continued to cause much debate, exploring why Jane Austen's sister ... it was around –5 degrees Celsius, and we were ...
5. Jane Austen never married, but Lefroy did. If Austen and Lefroy were so well suited to each other, why didn't they end up together? The general consensus is that Austen's lack of wealth played ...
Writing great sister acts (think the Bennett siblings of Pride and Prejudice, the Dashwoods of Sense and Sensibility) came naturally to Jane Austen. Or so we gather from Miss Austen, a poignant ...
Based on the popular novel by Gill Hornsby, “Miss Austen” focuses on Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) who, through flashbacks, unravels their family story and their close ...
Writing great sister acts (think the Bennett siblings of Pride and Prejudice, the Dashwoods of Sense and Sensibility) came naturally to Jane Austen. Or so we gather from Miss Austen, a poignant ...