"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Masterpiece’s latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra.

Cassandra burning her sister, Jane Austen's letters, has been avidly discussed among historians and is now dramatised in a BBC series ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth—and it is being celebrated with new books, ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were thousands of ...

Reading the letters that had been left by Austen’s grave almost felt like an intrusion. Many were very personal and addressed ...

The British author wrote six novels, but it's her second published book that has resonated the most in the 250 years since ...

Austen wrote the letter to her older sister on April 11, 1805, from Bath. Sotheby's Jane Austen’s closest confidante was her older sister, Cassandra. The two women—who were almost three years ...

The Jane Austen multiverse finds yet another way to obsess about the nineteenth century novelist. Here's how to watch "Miss Austen" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

(CNN) — While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too ...