
"Unfortunately for Cadell, the clergyman was the Revd George Austen, soliciting publication on his daughter Jane's behalf, and the novel in question was an early version of Pride and Prejudice
~ From Mark Bostridge's review of Claire Harman's Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World
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5 comments:
I wonder what the ratio was back in the day between submissions and actual publication? It seems a wonder these days that any submission finds a reader, but in the eighteenth century you would imagine he would at least have the courtesy of cutting the string on the package.
You would, wouldn't you. I guess some things in the publishing world haven't changed!
Very interesting tidbit!
Dozens of publishers turned down "The Shack" now been on NY Times Bestselling list for 50+ weeks.
So many stories like that one!
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