A Regency Era Personality–Cassandra Austen

Originally posted on The Things That Catch My Eye:

Regency Personalities Series
In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency, today I continue with one of themany period notables.

Cassandra Austen
January 9 1773 to March 22 1845

Devotees of the Regency Era often are fans of Jane Austen and her works as well. But I would hazard that Jane would not be Jane without her Cassandra. Her dearest sister and the woman who destroyed a great deal of Jane’s correspondence so those who are...