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 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: ...

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

"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

JANE AUSTEN’S BOOKSHELF ... “One reason I love reading is that I can examine the emotions it stirs safely from a distance, at my own pace. When I’m rereading, I’m doing that, and more.

It's a truth universally acknowledged that the Regency writer Jane Austen continues to inspire in this her 250th anniversary ...

Winter is the season for reading, and rereading the books you have occupied that still retain your body heat. I am not the English academic who, when asked if he read novels, said, Yes ...

said about the Jane Austen Regency Ball. "Reading is kind of a solitary act, and the ball really allows us to see how much we share this with other people − this love for these texts and for ...