Pride and Prejudice resubmitted

19th July 2007 with 0 Comments

The Guardian covers a nice story about publishers in Britain reacting to the work of Jane Austen.
From Penguin: “Thank you for your recent letter and chapters from your book First Impressions. It seems like a really original and interesting read.”
David Lassman, the director of the Jane Austen Festival in Bath decided to find out what [...]

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