In “Jane Austen ... Ms. Romney noticed, Austen alluded to a number of woman novelists she read and admired. Although Ms. Romney had been taught—and many rare-book catalogs repeated—the ...

the women of Jane Austen and my childhood and my family Singapore,” Kwan said. “So many of the women reminded me of the aunts ...

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 ... she set out to use ...

We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female ... guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan of Austen. But her point in the book, subtitled “A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to ...