We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female novelist, whose originality paved the way for creative descendants ...

“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 ...

Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28 2. Three Days in June: Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27 3. The God of the Woods: Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30 4. Iron Flame: Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, ...

"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

The Courant’s arts picks for Feb. 23 through March 1 include singer/songwriters Allie Colleen, Kat Edmondson and Rachel ...

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.

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers.

The mini-series looks at various aspects of the Austen sisters' lives and loves. Some audiences members, who have tuned in to the BBC and PBS Masterpiece series, are eager to discover if Jane ...

BBC and PBS Masterpiece’s Miss Austen is a sweet adaption of Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name. The four-parter features an ensemble cast in a reimagining of the life of Jane Austen (played ...

The four-part drama, Miss Austen, centres on the life of the renowned author of Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (played by Patsy Ferran), as seen through the eyes of her sister ...

The four-part drama, Miss Austen, delves into the life of the renowned author of Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (played by Patsy Ferran), as seen through the eyes of her sister ...