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This is a list made to accompany Rebecca Romney's incredible book: Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
While this list is not comprehensive, it contains the works Romney focuses on most heavily in her novel. To find the rest, read it!
While this list is not comprehensive, it contains the works Romney focuses on most heavily in her novel. To find the rest, read it!
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How to Suppress Women's Writing
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The 13 Clocks
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Castle Rackrent and Ennui
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The Absentee
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Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1
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Thraliana: The Diary of Mrs. Hester Lynch Thrale (Later Mrs. Piozzi) 1776-1809, Vol. 1: 1776-1784
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Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson
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Lovers' Vows
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3.31 avg rating — 435 ratings
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Desmond
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3.16 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Elegiac Sonnets
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3.65 avg rating — 113 ratings
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The Old Manor House
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Emmeline
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The Female Quixote
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The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3
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The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
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The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1
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Cecilia
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Camilla
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Evelina [with Biographical Introduction]
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3.70 avg rating — 18,436 ratings
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Belinda
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
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3.42 avg rating — 16,867 ratings
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