Join us for a talk with best-selling author Rebecca Romney, about her book Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
Jane 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. So where had these women gone? Jane Austen’s Bookshelf investigates the disappearance of Austen’s heroes—women writers who were erased from the Western canon—to reveal who they were, what they meant to Austen, and how they were forgotten.
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This event is free and open to the UMW community and the public. There will be an author talk, followed by Q&A from the audience. Refreshments will be served after the event. There will be a book signing after the event, and copies of the book will be available on-site for purchase.
Co-sponsored by UMW’s Simpson Library and the Jane Austen Society of North America – Central Virginia Chapter.
