Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby's novel for television and why readers ...

Anointed “the queen of British telly” overseas, the actress leads a series about Austen’s prim older sister, who torched most ...

A new PBS 'Masterpiece' series uses Austen's sister Cassandra as a window into the lives of unmarried Regency women ...

The four-part series “Miss Austen,” debuting Sunday on PBS, offers viewers a window on Jane Austen’s life during the 250th ...

Most of Jane Austen’s correspondence was burned after her death. This PBS Masterpiece series speculates as to why.

A poignant four-part 'Masterpiece' drama focuses on Jane Austen's devoted sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes), who years after ...

Based on the popular novel by Gill Hornsby, “Miss Austen” focuses on Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) who, ...

In “Miss Austen,” though, she’s humanized as a deeply devoted sister who just wanted to keep Jane’s most unfiltered thoughts ...

Keeley Hawes stars in immaculate period drama which attempts to justify why Cassandra Austen literally torched part of her ...

Masterpiece’ presents a four-part drama about Jane Austen and her elder sister, Cassandra, who burned the bulk of the ...

Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible.

Jane Austen's older sister, Cassandra, disposed hundreds of letters between the two after Jane's death. But what secrets did ...