Jane Austen's Bookshelf: The women writers who shaped a legend

It all started with a book that made me curious. When rare books dealer Rebecca Romney found an emerald clothbound edition of Evelina by Frances Burney, she was happy to discover that she'd stumbled across a novel by one of Jane Austen's favourite authors. Inspired by the connection between the two writers, she returned to Austen's books with a new lens, picking out clues sprinkled throughout her works that pointed to the writers she had admired. Austen read William Shakespeare, John Milton, D...

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krupatato18 сентября 2025 г.
Burney’s comedic set pieces, Radcliffe’s cavernous hallways, Lennox’s bold witticisms, More’s commonalities with Wollstonecraft, Inchbald’s honed elegance, Piozzi’s unrepentant heart, and Edgeworth’s irresistible characters.
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krupatato18 сентября 2025 г.
Austen paints with a smaller palette than Burney. She is not as moving as Radcliffe. She is less daring than Lennox. She has less conviction than Hannah More. She is less philosophical than Smith. She is not as witty as Inchbald. She doesn’t have as much heart as Piozzi. She lacks the depth of wisdom of Edgeworth. But does that change my love for Austen? Of course not.
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krupatato18 сентября 2025 г.
Joanna Russ’s How to Suppress Women’s Writing (1983), an ironic “guide” to the mechanics of ignoring, discrediting, and erasing the contributions of women to our literary heritage.
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