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

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?

A collection of your favorite author's favorite authors on exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / March 19, 2025 /Romney's book is as sharp an examination of ...

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Rebecca Romney, a rare books expert, spent 5 years searching for the female writers that inspired Austen. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.

A well-known artist’s bid for a unique seaside home is expected to be approved – months after a planning issue led to a delay. A lifeboat crew and coastguard teams were involved in an almost ...

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In 1843, two years before her death at the age of seventy-two, Cassandra Austen told her brother Charles that she had been ‘looking over & destroying some of my Papers’, but was keeping ‘a few letters ...