Sense and Sensibility is the debut novel by English author Jane Austen, appearing in 1811. It was published anonymously: By A Lady appears on the title page where the author's name might have been.
Title page from the original 1811 edition
The three volumes of the first edition of Sense and Sensibility, 1811
Cassandra Austen Jane Austen hires
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by English author Jane Austen. Written when she was aged 20–21, it was her third novel written and became the second to see print when it was published in 1813. A novel
Sense and Sensibility
…Publisher Thomas Egerton, Military Library (Whitehall, London) Publication date 30 October 1811 Publication place United Kingdom OCLC 44961362 Followed by Pride and Prejudice Text Sense and Sensibility at Wikisource Sense and Sensibility (working title: Elinor and Marianne) is the debut novel by English author Jane Austen…
Title page of the first edition, 1813
Mr Darcy says Elizabeth is "not handsome enough to tempt him" to dance. (Artist: C.E. Brock, 1895)
Elizabeth tells her father that Darcy united Lydia and Wickham – one of the two earliest illustrations of Pride and Prejudice. The fashions reflect the engraving date (1830s), not the period of the novel.
In a letter to Cassandra dated May 1813, Jane Austen describes a picture she saw at a gallery which was a good likeness of "Mrs Bingley" – Jane Bennet. Deirdre Le Faye in The World of Her Novels suggests that "Portrait of Mrs Q" is the picture Austen was referring to. (pp. 201–203)