Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jane Austen's letter to Cassandra is expected to sell for up to $400,000. - Sotheby's While Jane Austen is best known for ...

For decades, English novelist Jane Austen has been a constant source of inspiration for filmmakers and TV creators looking to adapt her work, but also authors who want to expand her world and our ...

Decades after Jane Austen’s death in 1817, her older sister Cassandra burned nearly all of the author’s correspondence, much to the consternation of future fans and historians. Why were thousands of ...

On Jane Austen’s tombstone in Winchester Cathedral in England, no mention is made of her achievements as a novelist. Instead, the epitaph written by her brother James celebrates how “the benevolence ...

Austen wrote the letter to her older sister on April 11, 1805, from Bath. Sotheby's Jane Austen’s closest confidante was her older sister, Cassandra. The two women—who were almost three years ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Masterpiece's latest period drama introduces audiences to a lesser-known Austen: Jane's sister Cassandra.

Three rare Jane Austen-related treasures are hitting the auction block this October as part of a special sale dedicated to creative women from across history, courtesy of Sotheby’s New York. The ...

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While Jane Austen is best known for skewering the vagaries of romantic love in her novels, there is another, equally complicated and meaningful type of relationship that runs through them, too — that ...