There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated novelist Jane Austen. But is she really the “first” great English female author?

As a bookseller, Rebecca Romney usually makes a profit from satisfying other people’s curiosity. In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf, ...

A collection of your favorite author's favorite authors on exhibition at the Park Avenue Armory NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ...

The 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth this year brings an ... American rare books dealer Rebecca Romney offers a lively, personal account of collecting works by, and about, eight of ...

Jane Austen’s Bookshelf’ presents women whose writing Austen admired — and how modern author Rebecca Romney found them.

An American rare-book dealer, Rebecca Romney, has managed it, by searching where Austen’s secrets lie hidden in plain sight: ...

“Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends that virtually every part of that sentence is wrong. Rebecca Romney, the author and occasional “Pawn Stars” guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan ...

The Week is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.