A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

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"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist. Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen ...

‘Jane Austen's Bookshelf' by Rebecca Romney Known for being a rare book dealer and guest star on the hit TV show Pawn Stars, Rebecca Romney is also a huge fan of Jane Austen, and it's that love ...

The exhibit is open weekdays from 10am - 4pm, February 4th through May 30 in the Special Collections reading room on the 2nd floor of KSL, and will be open both before and after Rebecca Romney's talk.

But is she really the “first” great English female author? Rebecca Romney has built her career searching for rare books around the world. She joins The Excerpt to detail her path down a 5 ...

As a bookseller, Rebecca Romney usually makes a profit from satisfying other people’s curiosity. In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however, she takes us along on a self-defined quest that grew ...

Shortly after it begins, Rebecca Romney’s first solo work of nonfiction “becomes something of a mystery novel,” said Charlotte Gordon in The Washington Post. By chance, Romney, a rare-books ...