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Miss Austen

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The drama begins in 1830, a while after Jane has died. Cassandra races to see her young friend Isabella who is about to lose her home following her father's death. Cassandra is there to help her friend, but her real motive is to find a stash of private letters which could destroy Jane's reputation.
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