Jane Austen's Bookshelf - The women writers who shaped a legend

Who were the women writers that inspired Jane Austen? Why have they all but disappeared from our bookshelves? Rare books dealer Rebecca Romney sheds a light on Austen's inspirations and contemporaries in this page-turning literary adventure, publishing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.

About the author

Rebecca Romney 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 Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History (with JP Romney) and The Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books, 1769­-1999. Her work as a bookseller or writer has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Variety, The Paris Review, and more. In 2019, she was featured in the documentary on the rare book trade, The Booksellers.

Product details

• Authors: Romney Rebecca
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2025
• EAN: 9781785124105
• ISBN: 978-1-78512-410-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 692 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; England, Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, Wales / Cymru