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?

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

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

Jane Austen's six novels only earned her the grand total of ... and with a backdrop like this that looks like a film set, what better place to do it in? MALCOLM BRABANT: Actor Martin Williamson ...

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

They had the wedding set for Oct. 10. He'd done all the planning ... They pointed to a row of Jane Austen books. There, next to a copy of “The Complete Novels of Jane Austen,” was another ...

Or Jane Austen. A San Diego publisher is on the ... In September, the company is releasing a redesigned boxed set of her novels, with a suggested price of $90. The six spines line up to form ...

We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female ... guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan of Austen. But her point in the book, subtitled “A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to ...

Correction: Martin Williamson is incorrectly identified as being an actor associated with Jane Austen’s House ... literary significance. Austen described her novels as her darling children ...