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"Miss Austen," which premieres on PBS on May 4, offers an entirely plausible backstory on why Jane Austen's older sister may ...
Set in 1830, Miss Austen season 1 investigates why Jane Austen's sister Cassandra destroyed the majority of her personal correspondence following her death. It premiered on February 2, 2025, on BBC ...
Yet for Janine Barchas, internationally admired Jane Austen scholar and UT English professor, such a task was irresistible.
When Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817, her older sister, Cassandra, was overcome with grief. “She was the sun of my life, ...
The Minack Theatre is set to stage a new production of Northanger Abbey with a modern twist, starting from Wednesday, April ...
This semester, I took Jane Austen. When I saw that this class was being offered this spring, I knew I had to be in it.
But a recent scroll of Reddit’s r/janeausten showed some fellow readers are wondering about a hallmark of the author’s ...
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 ...
There may be events across the English countryside, but consider her Hampshire home and museum ground zero for hero worship ...
Pride & Prejudice director Joe Wright reflects on the 20 years since his iconic Jane Austen adaptation and shares how he ...
The Hampshire Herald of January 1, 1926 reported a striking letter, originally printed in The Times, drawing attention to the ...