Jane Austen "By the author of "Sense and Sensibility"" and Austen's name never appeared on her books during her lifetime. Egerton then published "Pride and Prejudice", a revision of "First Impressions", in January 1813. Austen sold the copyright to "Pride and Prejudice" to Egerton for £110. To maximise profits, he used cheap paper and set the price at 18 shillings. He advertised the book widely and it was an immediate success, garnering three favourable reviews and selling well. Had Austen sold "Pride and Prejudice" on commission, she would had made a profit of £475, or twice her father's annual income. By October
The History of England (Austen) The History of England (Austen) The History of England is a 1791 work by Jane Austen, written when the author was fifteen. The work is a burlesque which pokes fun at widely used schoolroom history books such as Oliver Goldsmith's 1771 "The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II". Austen mockingly imitates the style of textbook histories of English monarchs, while ridiculing historians' pretensions to objectivity. It was illustrated with coloured portraits by Austen's elder sister Cassandra, to whom the work is dedicated. The second page of the "History" reads: Her "History" cites as