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?

“Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that virtually every part of that sentence is wrong. Rebecca Romney, the author and occasional “Pawn Stars” guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan of Austen. But her ...

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

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 ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a period drama based on the stories of Regency author Jane Austen will appear on BBC One on Sunday nights. And Miss Austen is no exception to this.

by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: her letters and books. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” surveys the female writers she admired and whose novels laid the groundwork ...

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“Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that virtually every part of that sentence is wrong. Rebecca Romney, the author and occasional “Pawn Stars” guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan ...