Jane Austen's brother Henry, acting through his lawyer, William Seymour, sells a revised draft of Susan (later to become Northanger Abbey) to the publisher Benjamin Crosby of London for £10. Crosby advertises the novel, but never publishes it.
Image: Watercolor painting of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, c. 1804. "Portraits of Jane Austen." Jane Austen Society of North America, https://jasna.org/austen/more-on-jane-austens-life/portraits/.
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