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

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ presents women whose writing Austen admired — and how modern author Rebecca Romney found them.

Keeley Hawes stars in a new trailer for the PBS Masterpiece drama series, Miss Austen. Watch it now before the series ...

At the heart of the BBC's new series Miss Austen is a fictional Cassandra Austen (played by Keeley Hawes). Reviews have stressed that the real life C ...

Why Cassandra burned Jane Austen's letters has been a cause of ongoing literary dispute, and is now being dramatised by the BBC in the form of excellent period show, Miss Austen. If you're a fan ...

Shortly after Austen died at the age of 41 in 1817, her sister Cassandra Austen burnt some of her letters – meaning there are gaps in her personal story. A recent BBC drama Miss Austen, starring ...

In some cases, they are writers we know Austen enjoyed, because she wrote about them in letters to her sister. In others, they are writers Romney suspects Austen would have read because their work ...