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Thanks to rare book dealer Rebecca Romney, I am more than halfway through Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho , a book I would have never picked up if it weren’t for Rebecca’s new book, Jane Au...

"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.

Literary Hub is pleased to announce that submissions are now open for the ninth annual Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize, which awards $1,000 for “an outstanding book collection conceived and b…

“You see, but you do not observe.” –Sherlock Holmes, “A Scandal in Bohemia” * It all started with a book that made me curious. I was on a house call in Georgetown, invited to browse the personal bo…

I have always loved Jane Austen, even though I have been very wrong about her. I remember the day I learned that Austen was not as original a writer as I had thought. I was reading a book called Ev…

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers.

A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.

YouTube video by Rebecca Romney

Why do we read Jane Austen but not the authors Jane Austen read and loved? The answer is a BIT more complicated than just "sexism." Guest: Rebecca Romney, rare book dealer and author of the new book, ...