That much of Bath was built in the same style speaks of the cash that was being pumped into the city during its heyday in ...

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?

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

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

“Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that virtually every ... century writers have not stood the test of time (she couldn’t get past the first couple chapters of one book). Which makes “Bookshelf” even ...

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Meet the woman who lives like Jane Austen – from dressing in Regency-style costume to writing novels. Jessica Bull has been in love with the writer ever since the first episode of Pride and ...

Wilkes University, in recognition of Women's History Month, will hold an academic panel and ball to honor Jane Austen's 250th birthday from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 27 on campus at Weckesser Hall, ...

The first Miss Austen trailer introduces us to another Miss Austen: Cassandra, Jane’s sister. Based on Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name, the four-part series imagines the circumstances ...

Rise Of a Genius is the story of how a self-taught young woman from a small Hampshire village became one of the greatest novelists who ever lived ...

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however ... dealer and finds clues to her mysteries in the physical books themselves. First, find your copy. And that’s easier said than done.