In a discussion hosted by 'New Yorker' writer Alexandra Schwartz at New York’s 92nd Street Y on March 27, authors Jennifer ...

Jane Austen's Bookshelf is on bookshelves now ... What happened to me is I'm a professional in rare books, and so I sell first editions of important English novels. I sell Robinson Crusoe by ...

A rare-book dealer traces the books that Austen admired. Many were by women writers who were the literary stars of their day.

We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female novelist, whose originality paved the way for creative descendants to dazzle critics and readers. “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf” contends ...

As a bookseller, Rebecca Romney usually makes a profit from satisfying other people’s curiosity. In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” however, she takes us along on a self-defined quest that grew ...