Austen is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part ...

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice appears on best-loved literature lists across the globe, is a fixture in high school classrooms, and has spawned a rabid fan base and countless film and ...

There’s much to admire in this series about Jane and her sister Cassandra, who inexplicably burned many of the writer’s ...

A new BBC drama explores one of the most vexing acts of sabotage in literary history: the decision by Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra to burn nearly all the writer’s letters after her death. Keeley ...

Speaking about the main story at the heart of Miss Austen, executive producer Christine Langan said: "Miss Austen is about ...

Although the four-part series has been adapted from Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen and is flourished with creative licence, it’s rooted in facts: namely her sister Cassandra Austen (played by ...

The BBC's drama series Miss Austen is based on Gill Hornby's 2020 novel of the same name. The novel's official blurb reads as ...

Interestingly, Jane Austen wasn't the only one in her family with a flair for writing; her brother James Austen was a poet and the first in the family to be published. Due to societal norms of the ...

A fascinating, witty and heart-breaking story of sisterly love, Miss Austen is coming to BBC iPlayer and BBC One.

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney discovers overlooked women authors who inspired the famous ...

Anybody who has had the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of two facts: First, that of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness; second, that there ...

New BBC drama 'Miss Austen' is based on the book of the same name by Gill Hornby. It focuses on the relationship between ...