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PBS’s ‘Masterpiece’ presents a four-part drama about Jane Austen and her elder sister, Cassandra, who burned the bulk of the ...
Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates as to why.
The four-part series “Miss Austen,” debuting Sunday on PBS, offers viewers a window on Jane Austen’s life during the 250th ...
The mystery as to why Cassandra Austen burned most of her novelist sister Jane’s letters not long after her death in 1817 is ...
Jane Austen is one of the English language’s most beloved writers, and yet the details of her own life remain relatively unknown. As the story goes, and as the new PBS Masterpiece series “Miss Austen” ...
The 11th edition of ‘Sketch in Bloom’ nods to the most notable works of Jane Austen with budding floral installations and a quintessentially English afternoon tea ...
When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra, was overcome with grief. “She was the sun of my life, ...
"Miss Austen," which premieres on PBS on May 4, offers an entirely plausible backstory on why Jane Austen's older sister may ...
Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice reminds us that some of the most romantic moments are neither a kiss nor a spoken word, but ...
Cassandra Austen, sister to the beloved novelist Jane, was a talented amateur artist. She is finally getting her moment in ...
KCRW, Film Independent, and Sony Pictures Classics invite you to an advance screening of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life followed by a conversation with writer/director Laura Piani and lead actor Camille ...