Which makes “Bookshelf” even more valuable for those who cherish Austen’s six novels and wish there were more to enjoy. Jane Austen’s Bookshelf By: Rebecca Romney.

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however, she takes us along on a self-defined quest that grew out of her long admiration for Austen’s confident and witty writing. In her novels and letters ...

In Jane Austen’s own century that actually would have been considered pretty abhorrent.” Significantly, Austen’s books have endless sly wit and cynicism, also unusual for her time.

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?

“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 of Austen. But her ...

We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female ... guest who wrote “Bookshelf,” is a fan of Austen. But her point in the book, subtitled “A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to ...