Publisher's Synopsis
In 2025 BBC TV released "Miss Austen" starring Keeley Hawes as Cassandra Austen, Jane's elder sister. The author said that "Their sisterly affection for each other could
scarcely be exceeded."
James Edward Austen Leigh's short biography of "dear aunt Jane" may not be a critical insight into the famous novelist's life or her work but is nevertheless written by a relative who knew her and draws on sources only available to Jane's wider family.
The book also includes a cancelled chapter of Persuasion and a fragment of Jane's last work.
