We tend to think of Jane Austen as the first great female novelist, whose originality paved the way for creative descendants ...

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

该书被认为可能是出版史上首部女性主义藏书家回忆录。罗姆尼收集了这些被遗忘的作家曾经声名显赫的作品，在实体意义上重现了奥斯汀当年的书架，并有力地论证了为什么这些书应该重新被放进当今所有爱书人的书单中。

"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist.

在深入书籍内容之前，首先需要认识到简·奥斯汀在文学史上的重要地位。作为18世纪末至19世纪初的著名小说家，奥斯汀以其精炼的语言和独特的视角，深刻探讨了当时社会的等级制度与婚姻观念。虽然她在生前时常被忽视，但其作品如《傲慢与偏见》《理智与情感》等，在后世却逐渐成为经典。这种成就的背后，实际上是有众多不为人知的女性作家的默默支撑，而社区对于这些作家的忽视，使得她们的贡献逐渐被遗忘。罗姆尼的《简·奥斯汀 ...

"Jane Austen's Bookshelf" spotlights eight women writers, largely lost to history, who influenced the English novelist. Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney dedicates a book to the women Jane Austen ...

A chance encounter with Frances Burney's 1778 novel, Evelina, sent rare book dealer Rebecca Romney on a yearslong quest to find the women writers who influenced Jane Austen's work. One of Romney's ...