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Thread. Jane Austen did not become a phenomenon in her lifetime. Also, initial print runs of most books have always been shockingly small regardless of era.
Dr. Emily FriedmanI keep thinking about this, so I’m making it y’all’s problem too: The print runs of Jane Austen’s novels in her lifetime: Susan (later Northanger Abbey): copyright sold for £10 in 1803. Never published, copyright repurchased by her brother in 1816, published posthumously. (1/?)