Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney

Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

Rebecca Romney

464 pages • first pub 2025 (view editions)

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Jane Austen's Bookshelf is ideal for readers who enjoy uncovering forgotten literary voices and exploring the broader cultural forces that shape which books are celebrated and which are left out of the canon.

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From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen—and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves.Long before...

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