The novel languished for 14 years until, flush with the success ofSense and Sensibility, Austen revised the manuscript. Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813 when she was 37 years old.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a novel about the lives of wealthy people who live in the English countryside in the early 19th century. It was first published in 1813. Characters in Pride ...
Sutherland believes that William Gifford, editor for Austen's later publisher John Murray, was probably “heavily involved” in changes made between manuscript and the printed version readers see today.