The Gist: Cassandra lives alone on a big country estate; her maid hands her a letter from Isabella Fowle (Rose Leslie), ...

Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel ...

Adaptations of the author’s wise and witty novels have long entertained film and TV audiences. This year—the 250th ...

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

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

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

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