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[AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).]

Lot 135
11.12.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 81 900
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 135 | [AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).]
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
[AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).]
Pride and Prejudice. London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1813
First edition of Jane Austen’s most famous and beloved novel. Pride and Prejudice was written between October 1796 and August 1797 when Austen was not yet twenty-one, the same age, in fact, as her fictional heroine Elizabeth Bennet. After an early rejection by the publisher Cadell, Austen's novel was finally bought by Egerton in 1812 and published in late January 1813 in a small edition of approximately 1500 copies.

In a letter to her sister Cassandra on 29 January 1813, the author writes of receiving her copy of the newly published novel (her ‘own darling child’), and while acknowledging its few errors, expresses her fond feelings toward its heroine: ‘I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, & how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know’. Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, and the gallery of finely drawn characters have continued to charm readers for over two centuries. As a contemporary reviewer put it two months after the novel’s publication: ‘There is not one person in the drama with whom we could readily dispense;—they have all their proper places; and fill their several stations, with great credit to themselves, and much satisfaction to the reader’ (The Critical Review, March 1813). Gilson A3; Grolier English 69; Keynes 3; Sadleir 62b.

Three volumes, 12mo (173 x 103mm). (Lacking half-titles, some minor spotting and thumbing). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt (rebacked preserving original spines.) Provenance: contemporary annotation in margin of D2r of vol. I – ‘No. 23’ (early inscription on free front endpapers).
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