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?

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.

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

Jane Austen is an incredible female writer and she was so ahead of her time in what she was writing. I play Elizabeth Bennet, who is an obstinate, headstrong girl, but I also think Jane was very ...

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

Jane Austen: Rise Of A Genius, explores how her novels Pride And Prejudice, Sense And Sensibility and Emma broke barriers and influenced society at the time, as well as writing today. Tamsin Greig ...

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LAUREN FALCONER, Actress: Jane Austen is an incredible female writer and she was so ahead of her time in what she was writing. I play Elizabeth Bennet, who is an obstinate, headstrong girl ...