{"product_id":"jane-austens-bookshelf-a-rare-book-collectors-quest-to-find-the-women-writers-who-shaped-a-legend-9781982190255","title":"Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show \u003ci\u003ePawn Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, a page-turning literary adventure featuring \"your favorite author's favorite authors\" (\u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e)--the women who inspired Jane Austen--that's \"a meditation on reading and writing, on honesty and self-discovery--and on what books can teach us, if we let them\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that Austen's books took the lives of women seriously, explored relationships with wit and confidence, and always, allowed for the possibility of a happy ending. She read and reread them, often wishing Austen wrote just one more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Austen wasn't a lone genius. She wrote at a time of great experimentation for women writers--and clues about those women, and the exceptional books they wrote, are sprinkled like breadcrumbs throughout Austen's work. Every character in \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e who isn't a boor sings the praises of Ann Radcliffe. The play that causes such a stir in \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a real one by the playwright Elizabeth Inchbald. In fact, the phrase \"pride and prejudice\" came from Frances Burney's second novel \u003ci\u003eCecilia\u003c\/i\u003e. The women that populated Jane Austen's bookshelf profoundly influenced her work; Austen looked up to them, passionately discussed their books with her friends, and used an appreciation of their books as a litmus test for whether someone had good taste. So where had these women gone? Why hadn't Romney--despite her training--ever read them? Or, in some cases, even heard of them? And why were they no longer embraced as part of the wider literary canon? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Austen's Bookshelf\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the disappearance of Austen's heroes--women writers who were erased from the Western canon--to reveal who they were, what they meant to Austen, and how they were forgotten. Each chapter profiles a different writer including Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Charlotte Smith, Hannah More, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth--and recounts Romney's experience reading them, finding rare copies of their works, and drawing on connections between their words and Austen's. Romney collects the once-famed works of these forgotten writers, physically recreating Austen's bookshelf and making a convincing case for why these books should be placed back on the to-be-read pile of all book lovers today. \u003ci\u003eJane Austen's Bookshelf\u003c\/i\u003e will encourage you to look beyond assigned reading lists, question who decides what belongs there, and build your very own collection of favorite novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-9374821\"\u003eRebecca Romney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982190255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982190256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT003000\"\u003eFeminist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Romney is a rare book dealer and the cofounder of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book company based in Washington, DC. She is the rare books specialist on the HISTORY Channel's show \u003ci\u003ePawn Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, and the cofounder of the Honey \u0026amp; Wax Book Collecting Prize. She is a generalist rare book dealer, handling works in all fields, from first editions of Jane Austen to science fiction paperbacks. Romney is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrinter's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History \u003c\/i\u003e(with JP Romney)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books, 1769­-1999. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work as a bookseller or writer has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. In 2019, she was featured in the documentary on the rare book trade, \u003ci\u003eThe Booksellers\u003c\/i\u003e. She is on the Board of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and the faculty of the Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45056931496075,"sku":"9781982190255","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_ba8757fe-5b3f-4601-bd04-b27b9662cc9b.jpg?v=1767360739","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/jane-austens-bookshelf-a-rare-book-collectors-quest-to-find-the-women-writers-who-shaped-a-legend-9781982190255","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}