"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Jane Austin's second novel, "Pride and Prejudice", was published on January 28, 1813. She completed the first version in 1797 when she was 21. She had challenges during the years in between, including the difficulty of a woman finding a publisher in a male-dominated profession. Even published, she had to accept the convention that a woman author shouldn’t have her own name on the title page. (The Brontë sisters used male-sounding pen names, while Mary Shelley published "Frankenstein" without her name.) These are all immortal authors! Austen’s novels are among the most beloved of all novels. The first American edition of this one, slightly retitled "Elizabeth Bennet; or, Pride and Prejudice", appeared in 1832. Photo from Wikipedia.
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