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 ...

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

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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.

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