Cassandra Austen

A summer romance: Six Weeks by the Sea, by Paula Byrne, reviewed

23 August 2025 9:09 am

Byrne imagines the twentysomething Jane Austen, on holiday in Sidmouth, falling for the lawyer Samuel Rose – a perfect foil, being a cross between Mr Darcy and Mr Knightley

A burning passion

24 January 2020 10:00 pm

Poor Cassy. The Miss Austen of this novel’s title is Cassandra, Jane’s elder sister. She was to have married Thomas…