A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

And, if you ask the Austen fan in your life about what they’re looking for in a romantic partner, it’s likely they’ll name at ...

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

“When all Pride and Prejudice, all Interests and Designs, being submitted to the Honour of God, and the Discharge of our Duty,” an anonymous clergyman wrote in 1734, “the Holy Scriptures shall again ...

By chance, Romney, a rare-books collector, comes upon a 1778 novel by a woman who turns out to have been one of Jane Austen’s ...

Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ presents women whose writing Austen admired — and how modern author Rebecca Romney found them.

Romney vividly communicates her sometimes surprised enjoyment of the works that shaped Austen, finding them in some ways ...

JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE follows Agathe (Rutherford) a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the ...

Celebrate the brilliant mind behind your favourite classics with Jane Austen’s 250th birthday. Born on December 16, 1775, ...

Jane Austen turns 250 this year, and England is rolling out the Regency red carpet to celebrate. So, if your 2025 travel ...

So you haven't read Pride & Prejudice the classic novel by Jane Austen? Well, you're in for a treat as this female author has written an amazing satire with cutting humor on the 19th-century social ...