ATG letter: Jane Austen was censored by the US too

MADAM – With regard to the article ‘Thar she Blows...’ (Books and works on paper, ATG No 2404), Melville was only one of many authors who suffered from the puritanical attitude of US publishers.

That corrupting book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen got a similar treatment when it was first …

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