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

Most readers hear“pride and prejudice” and immediately think of Jane Austen's most famous novel , that salty-sweet confection ...

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” contends that virtually every part ... There are clues throughout her work that she read widely, not only enjoying many female novelists who preceded her but often ...

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

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

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?

The upcoming, highly-anticipated romantic comedy film Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is slated to release on 16th May, 2025.

A chance encounter with Frances Burney's 1778 novel, Evelina, sent rare book dealer Rebecca Romney on a yearslong quest to find the women writers who influenced Jane Austen's work. One of Romney's ...

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, ...

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