It is a truth universally acknowledged that a lover of fine literature must not miss an afternoon devoted to Jane Austen—beloved author of Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and more. This special High Tea, featuring author Rebecca Romney, takes place during Homecoming 2025 at the University Library.
Rebecca Romney is the co-founder of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book company based in the DC metro area. She is the author of Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History (HarperCollins; with JP Romney) and The Romance Novel in English: A Survey in Rare Books, 1769-1999. Her latest book is Jane Austen's Bookshelf (Simon & Schuster), called by The New York Times Book Review a “gem of passionate criticism” and by The Guardian “as sharp an examination of the 'great forgetting' of female writers as you could wish for.”