Oh, Miss Austen! What a haul of historical howlers! How BBC series contains glaring range of embarrassing inaccuracies that have sent eagle-eyed fans wild...

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Oh, Miss Austen! What a haul of historical howlers! How BBC series contains glaring range of embarrassing inaccuracies that have sent eagle-eyed fans wild...

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Her novels are lauded the world over for their flawless prose. So it perhaps begs the question: why has the BBC failed to show similar high standards when it comes to authenticity in its adaptation of Jane Austen's life? Millions of viewers have tuned in to Miss Austen, the Sunday night drama starring Keeley Hawes as the author's older sister, Cassandra. Based on the novel by Gill Hornby, it focuses on Cassandra's mission to destroy almost 3,000 of Jane's letters after her death at the age of 41 in 1817.
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