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The top period dramas to stream now
Period dramas may be steeped in history but they never get old, judging by their continuing popularity. From traditional ...
‘Miss Austen’ Finale: Keeley Hawes Teases Surprisingly ‘Gentle’ Conclusion to Cassy-Mary Rivalry
Set many years after the death of Jane, Miss Austen shows Hawes as Cassandra, a woman who never married out of a commitment ...
‘Miss Austen’ Ending Explained: What Is Addison’s Disease? What Was Jane Austen’s Cause Of Death?
Miss Austen details how Cassy Austen might have had a second chance of romance with the (fictional) Henry Hobday, but ...
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‘Miss Austen’ Star Keeley Hawes On Her First Regency Romance And Being Married to Matthew Macfadyen IRL: “I Do Bask in the Reflected Glory of His Mr. Darcy”
Masterpiece mainstay Keeley Hawes stars in the four-part series as Cassandra Austen, the older sister and best friend of legendary author Jane Austen (Patsy Ferran). Even though Jane passed years ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Miss Austen’ On PBS, Where Jane Austen’s Sister Cassandra Looks Back On Their Lives Years After Jane’s Death
In Gill Hornby’s 2020 novel Miss Austen, the author builds a story around the fact that Jane Austen’s older sister Cassandra burned the letters Jane wrote to a friend, Eliza Fowle. The letters ...
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As Jane Austen’s Sister, Keeley Hawes Keeps a Controlled Burn
Anointed “the queen of British telly” overseas, the actress leads a series about Austen’s prim older sister, who torched most of the writer’s letters. Anointed “the queen of British ...
‘Miss Austen’ on PBS wonderfully delivers the love and loss Jane Austen fans know by heart
Keeley Hawes shines as Cassandra Austen in 'Miss Austen,' a PBS Masterpiece limited series adaptation of Gill Hornby's novel ...
‘Miss Austen’ imagines the motives behind Jane Austen’s sister burning her letters
Author Gill Hornby and executive producer Christine Langan spoke about adapting Hornby's novel for television and why readers ...