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Lucy Wigley

Miss Austen: Why did Cassandra burn Jane's letters?

Cassandra Austen (KEELEY HAWES).

If you're a fan of history and can't get enough of the best ever period dramas and the likes of Miss Scarlet and Call The Midwife, you should really be tuning into Miss Austen.

Shifting between two timelines, the "present" timeline depicts life in 1840, where long after Jane's death, Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) is in the midst of deciding whether to burn or keep her sister's correspondence. There's also a "past" timeline, seeing the sisters go through love and heartbreak, offering insight into how their experiences affected Cassandra's decisions in the present.

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