On This Day October 30

Jane Austen's first successful novel Sense and Sensibility was published anonymously (it was attributed to " Lady") on October 30, 1811. She had to pay to have it published, but her investment paid off; by the middle of 1813, the novel had sold out its first print run of 750 copies. It then had a second print run later that year, making Austen a total profit of £140.

Title page from the original 1811 edition

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