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Cassandra’s hand drawn copy from of a plate from Bartolozzi’s print Conjugal Love (1786), made in 1806, included in “The Art Of Cassandra” at Jane Austen’s House. Photo: Luke Shears.
Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.
Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen. Both the show, and the book it was based upon, Gill Hornby's 2020 novel, Miss Austen, lightly suggest a motive for Cassandra’s actions.
A well-loved adaptation of a Jane Austen novel is streaming right now that period drama lovers can’t miss. The movie came out ...
Cassandra visits Eliza, where she finds letters full of lies in Miss Austen season 1, episode 1. Here's a look at the events of the episode.
Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran) is dead. Decades later, her spinster sister Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) discovers that Jane’s letters ...
Opening Shot: Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) is in bed, reading Persuasion, one of her late sister Jane Austen’s best-known novels, before she gets up and faces a new day.
Cassandra Austen (Keeley Hawes) The combination of Jane Austen and MASTERPIECE is always a reason for celebration! Find out about the new period drama Miss Austen coming to MASTERPIECE on PBS, get ...
Miss Austen also features a lovely little romance plot wherein Cassandra literally uses the plot of Jane Austen’s Persuasion to help reunite family friend Isabella Fowle (Rose Leslie) with her ...
Miss Austen chronicles the story of Jane’s older sibling Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) as she attempts to retrieve some of her late sister’s letters. The drama unfolds in 1830, 13 years after the ...
Cassandra Austen was Jane Austen’s sister, best friend, and closest confident. Cassy is also the protagonist of Miss Austen. We first meet her later in life, as a spinster sparked into action ...