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At the heart of the BBC’s new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have stressed that the real life Cassandra’s destruction of her sister Jane Austen’s letters has been considered one of the greatest acts of literary vandalism in history. These letters would…

Helen Fielding is among famous faces taking part in a BBC documentary about Jane Austen as the British novelist’s 250th birthday is marked this year.

Miss Austen is a period drama with a difference, telling the real-life story of Jane Austen's lesser-known sister

A recap of Miss Austen episode 2

Arguably the greatest act of literary vandalism in history becomes masterly TV, as we see Cassandra Austen destroy thousands of her sister Jane’s letters following her death – out of love

3/5 There’s much to admire in this series about Jane and her sister Cassandra, who inexplicably burned many of the writer’s letters, but it cannot quite nail the great author’s piercing satire

A recap of Miss Austen episode 1

The Jane Austen multiverse finds yet another way to obsess about the nineteenth century novelist. Here's how to watch "Miss Austen" online, on TV and from anywhere in the world.

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: 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 Hawes and the cast, as well as the series director, talk to Katie…