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Jane Austen's Bookshelf

The Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

by Rebecca Romney

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.
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NON FICTION
LITERARY CRITICISM, BOOKS & WRITING GUIDES
ESSAYS & REFERENCE

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Pages:

464

Published:

Jan 2026

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Ithaka Press Limited

ISBN:

9781785124136

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.
$30.00