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- Miss Austen / by Hornby, Gill,author.;
"For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her sister's reputation. Now in her sixties and increasingly frail, Cassandra goes to stay with the Fowles of Kintbury, family of her long-dead fiancé, in search of a trove of Jane's letters. Dodging her hostess and a meddlesome housemaid, Cassandra eventually hunts down the letters and confronts the secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but about Cassandra herself. Will Cassandra bare the most private details of her life to the world, or commit her sister's legacy to the flames? Moving back and forth between the vicarage and Cassandra's vibrant memories of her years with Jane, interwoven with Jane's brilliantly reimagined lost letters, Miss Austen is the untold story of the most important person in Jane's life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra her due, bringing to life a woman as captivating as any Austen heroine"--- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Austen, Cassandra, 1773-1845; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817;
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- Miss Austen [sound recording] / by Hornby, Gill,author.; Stevenson, Juliet,narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Juliet Stevenson."For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her sister's reputation. Now in her sixties and increasingly frail, Cassandra goes to stay with the Fowles of Kintbury, family of her long-dead fiancé, in search of a trove of Jane's letters. Dodging her hostess and a meddlesome housemaid, Cassandra eventually hunts down the letters and confronts the secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but about Cassandra herself. Will Cassandra bare the most private details of her life to the world, or commit her sister's legacy to the flames? Moving back and forth between the vicarage and Cassandra's vibrant memories of her years with Jane, interwoven with Jane's brilliantly reimagined lost letters, Miss Austen is the untold story of the most important person in Jane's life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra her due, bringing to life a woman as captivating as any Austen heroine"--- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Austen, Cassandra, 1773-1845; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817;
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- Miss Austen [videorecording] / by Enoch, Alfred,1988-actor.; Ferran, Patsy,actor.; Hawes, Keeley,1976-actor.; Hill, Liv,actor.; Gibb, Andrea,screenwriter.; Hynes, Jessica,1972-actor.; Walsh, Aisling,1958-television director.; television adaptation of (work):Hornby, Gill.Miss Austen.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.;
Keeley Hawes, Alfred Enoch, Patsy Ferran, Liv Hill, Jessica Hynes.Based on Gill Hornby's bestselling novel, Miss Austen takes a literary mystery - Cassandra Austen notoriously burning her famous sister Jane's letters - and reimagines it as a fascinating, witty, and heartbreaking story of sisterly love. The drama begins in 1830, several years after Jane has died. Cassandra races to see her friend Isabella, who is about to lose her home following her father's death. Cassandra is ostensibly there to help, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which, in the wrong hands, could destroy Jane's reputation.PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Biographical programs.; Historical programs.; Television mini-series.; Austen, Cassandra, 1773-1845; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Families; Family secrets; Female friendship; Man-woman relationships; Siblings; Sisters;
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