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.

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 of that ... There are clues throughout her work that she read widely, not only enjoying many female novelists who preceded her but often ...

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?

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

The 46-year-old from London is a Janeite – a term used to characterize devotees of Jane Austen’s work. The mum-of-two has inhabited her world – by dressing dressing up in Regency-style ...

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 ...

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

“When all Pride and Prejudice, all Interests and Designs, being submitted to the Honour of God, and the Discharge of our Duty,” an anonymous clergyman wrote in 1734, “the Holy Scriptures shall again ...

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

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 specialties is the history of the novel. But names like ...