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From rare book dealer and guest star of the hit show Pawn Stars, a page-turning literary adventure that introduces readers to the women writers who inspired Jane Austen - and investigates why their books have disappeared from our shelves.. Long before she was a rare book dealer, Rebecca Romney was a devoted reader of Jane Austen. She loved that Austen's books took the lives of women seriously, explored relationships with wit and confidence, and always, allowed for the possibility of a happy ending. She read and reread them, often wishing Austen wrote just one more. But Austen wasn't a lone genius. She wrote at a time of great experimentation for women writers - and clues about those women, and the exceptional books they wrote, are sprinkled like breadcrumbs throughout Austen's work.
About the Author
I'm an antiquarian bookseller and author, best known for my appearances as the rare books expert on the History Channel's Pawn Stars.I work at Honey & Wax Booksellers in Brooklyn, buying, researching, cataloging, and selling rare and collectible books to fellow book lovers.I wrote a book on books called PRINTER'S ERROR: IRREVERENT STORIES FROM BOOK HISTORY (with co-author J.P. Romney) , available from HarperCollins.J.P. and I also host a podcast for books called Biblioclast, available on iTunes.
