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

“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 of Austen. But her ...

by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: her letters and books. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” surveys the female writers she admired and whose novels laid the groundwork ...

The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth this ... whose reputations were not fully eclipsed by Austen’s until late in the 19th century. American rare books dealer Rebecca Romney offers ...

In Jane Austen’s own century that actually would have been considered pretty abhorrent.” Significantly, Austen’s books have endless sly wit and cynicism, also unusual for her time.

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

Sometimes it is best not to judge a book by its cover – unless, of course, the cover is limited edition. One of the largest trends in the publishing of physical books has become the rerelease of ...

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 ...

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