And yet, if Miss Austen shows us anything, it’s that these two women managed to live incredibly ... One assumes that Jane required little beyond that, because they were such a force together”.

The fact people are still reimagining Austen's work today is arguably testament to her solid plots… but is it patronising to ...

The 19th-century novelist Jane Austen helped define literature geared toward women. Given that the English ... have some self-awareness that it’s a little cringe. Elizabeth getting a taste ...

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 ...

We tend to think of Jane Austen as the ... is a fan of Austen. But her point in the book, subtitled “A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend,” is that ...

Rare book collector Rebecca Romney takes us behind the archives that led to "Jane Austen's Bookshelf," a new book about the women writers who shaped Austen. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station.

Thanks to her sharp wit and strong female characters, Jane ... Austen’s books have endless sly wit and cynicism, also unusual for her time. She was one of the first women to deliver humour ...

The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth this year brings ... and about, eight of Austen’s favourite women authors, all identifiable from mentions in her fictions and letters.

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 ...