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Hello and welcome to The Excerpt.

I'm Dana Taylor.

Today is Thursday, March 13, 2025, and this is a special episode of The Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Thursday, March 13, 2025,

and this is a special episode of the excerpt in honor of Women's History Month.

There are few writers who have as devoted a following as celebrated English novelist Jane Austen,

author of classics like Pride and Prejudice and Sense Ability.

But is she really the first great English female author?

Our guest today has built her career searching for rare books around the world.

In her new book, Rebecca Romney chronicles her path down a five years long rabbit hole to discover

the many female writers that Jane Austen was influenced by, something scholars had outright

dismissed or just overlooked. Rebecca's new release, Jane Austen's bookshelf is on bookshelves now.

Thanks for joining us on the excerpt, Rebecca.

Thanks so much for having me.

I want to start with your essential motivation for the book. Why should people today care about

what Jane Austen was reading all the way back in the early 1800s? They should care about

what Austin was reading then if they care about Austin.

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