“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen

Learn about the first edition of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, first published in 1813.

Read more about Austen in Claire Tomalin’s biography, JANE AUSTEN: A LIFE.

If you’re a Jane Austen fan, try these two ‘extension’ novels by Molly Greeley:-
THE CLERGYMAN’S WIFE
THE HEIRESS

Try one of these #FirstParas & discover a new author:-
‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ by Rachel Joyce
‘The Heart is a Lonely Hunter’ by Carson McCullers
‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ by John McGahern

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