There was a wide difference of opinion among the small but spirited group who met in April to discuss Rebecca Romneyʻs 2025 book Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend.
Some enjoyed the 2025ʻs bookʻs glimpses into the world of a rare book dealer and the lives of unfamiliar writers. More grew irritated with the asides and wanted to get back to Jane herself.
If there was agreement, it was probably this: Romney makes the same points repeatedly, so the book is probably better digested through occasional visits to discrete chapters than as a continuous read.
