In the Jane Austen fandom, the close relationship between Jane and her sister Cassandra is well known. As is the fact that Cassandra was engaged when she was young but lost her fiancé to illness.

- Not Jane Austen. - (Sophie laughing) - "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." - I would say that is her.

Covering Jane Austen. By Carolyn Kellogg. June 10, 2009 10:24 AM PT . ... Mullock herself did the needlework that she incorporated into her book cover designs. The Book Design Review blog, ...

Jane Austen wrote women as they are – complex, human, and sometimes even boring. Just women. Agathe is that very kind of protagonist – the romantic, slightly salty, a little strange, a little ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. Miss Austen debuts in the U.K. this Sunday on BBC One. In the U.S., it will premiere on Masterpiece on PBS on Sunday, May 4.

About the Show 2025. Miss Austen takes an historic literary mystery – the notorious burning of Jane Austen’s letters by her sister Cassandra – and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty, and ...