Jane Austen painted indelible portraits of Georgian life, and here are three of her infinitely appealing novels, all beautifully illustrated with period images:

“When one has read the six great Austen novels…and then reread and then reread the six again, one’s only recourse is the company of others equally bereft.

Why do we read? What do we cherish in a book? What is the nature of a masterpiece? What do Alice Munro, Albert Camus, and the great Polish experimentalist Witol