Title
Emma: A Novel.
Coverage
London:
Publisher
Printed for John Murray,
Date
1816.
Subject
In three volumes. By the Author of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Description
When the Prince Regent extended a royal invitation for Austen to dedicate her next novel to him, she could not refuse, despite writing privately of her “hate” for the Regent (because he mistreated his wife). A recent discovery in the Royal Archives of an 1811 pre-release receipt for Sense and Sensibility evidences that the future King George IV was indeed among Austen’s earliest readers.
Source
First edition in original boards as issued, with original paper labels, worn. Priced at 1l.1s. [1 guinea]. n.b. Published 23 December 1815 but title page dated 1816. Show all volumes closed.
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