Jane Austen’s sister Cassandra is often criticised for erasing the iconic novelist’s life story – but was this drastic move actually intended to cement her legacy for good? Lizzie Rogers explains the real history behind the new adaptation of Jill Hornby’s book Miss Austen…
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