Whoever looked at an elderly lady a saw the young heroine she once was? Anglicko, 1840. Dva dekády po death of her beloved sester, Jane, Cassandra Austen returns k dedine Kintbury a domov hier rodiny priateľmi, Fowles. V dusty rohu vicarage, je to cache Jane's letters, že Cassandra je desperate to find. Dodging her hostess and meddlesome housemaid, Cassandra prípadne hunts dole dopisy a konfrontuje sekrety ich hold, sekrety nie len o Jane ale o Cassandra herself. Will Cassandra bare the most private details of jej life to the world, or commit jej sister's legacy to the flames? Moving back and forth medzi vicarage a Cassandra's vibrant memories rokov s Jane, interwoven s Jane's brilliantly reimagined lost letters, Miss Austen je untold story mostu dôležité osoby v Jane's life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, a wit, Gill Hornby konečne dáva Cassandra her due, bringing to život a žena as captivating as any Austen heroine.