An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: her letters and books. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” surveys the female writers ...
Pride and Prejudice' may be the one to beat, but there's a screen version to please every one of the author's admirers ...
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A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.
Janice Hadlow, whose book The Other Bennet Sister explores the transformation of priggish Mary into an intellectually curious woman, agrees that Austen’s work is a wealth of modern feminist ...
Thanks to her sharp wit and strong female characters, Jane Austen’s literature ... she said when setting out to write Emma. Of course, Austen’s books have surface appeal too.
Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ presents women whose writing Austen admired — and how modern author Rebecca Romney found them.