We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female novelist, whose originality paved the way for creative descendants to dazzle critics and readers. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends ...

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

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.

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"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte is on display (left). Author Beverly Jenkins (right) is a pioneering voice in the industry. Photos: James Brosher/Indiana University; Courtesy of Beverly Jenkins ...

A few years ago, rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney bought a gorgeous edition of the 18th-century novel “Evelina” by Frances Burney, a writer she had heard of but never read. Curious, she decided ...