Jane Austen'S Bookshelf

The Women Writers Who Shaped A Legend

de Rebecca Romney 

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idioma: Inglês
Editor: Ithaka
Edição: fevereiro de 2025
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'Everything a reader could desire: wit, passion, mystery, brilliant detective work, a love of rare books, a deep dive into literary history and, best of all, the restoration of reputation for a group of great women authors whose names should never have been forgotten' Elizabeth Gilbert, author ofEat, Pray, Love

Publishing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.

It all started with a book that made me curious.

When rare books dealer Rebecca Romney found an emerald clothbound edition ofEvelinaby Frances Burney, she was happy to discover that she'd stumbled across a novel by one of Jane Austen's favourite authors. Inspired by the connection between the two writers, she returned to Austen's books with a new lens, picking out clues sprinkled throughout her works that pointed to the writers she had admired.

Austen read William Shakespeare, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, and Samuel Richardson, all authors Rebecca had read. But Austen also read Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Lennox, Hannah More, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Piozzi, and Maria Edgeworth, all authors Romney hadn't. These female writers all sat proudly on Austen's bookshelf, but have disappeared from ours.

Romney became fascinated with these writers and wanted to answer three important questions: What were the stories behind the lives of these women? Why have they disappeared from our bookshelves? Who wrote them out of history? She had a mission, an obligation: she needed to collect Jane Austen's bookshelf.

Jane Austen'S Bookshelf
The Women Writers Who Shaped A Legend
ISBN:
9781785124112
Ano de edição:
02-2025
Editor:
Ithaka
Idioma:
Inglês
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eBook
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