Jane Austen works rejected by publishers.

Davis Lassman took chapters from three of Jane Austenâ€™s books, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, and Persuasion, and sent them to 18 different literary agents and publishers. He changed the titles (although he left some hints) and the charactersâ€™ names. Of the 18, one recognized the work (and warned him of plagiarism), one said they were ‘a really original read’, but the rest either rejected the chapters or never responded. Link -via Reddit

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July 18, 2007 at 9:19 pm by Miss Cellania
Category: Book & Lit

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4 comments to "Jane Austen works rejected by publishers."

Justin Anthony Knapp
July 18th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Jane Aust*e*n, not Jane Aust*i*n.
Miss Cellania
July 18th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Sorry about that, Justin. Corrected.
XuYu
July 18th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.” — Mark Twain
ted
July 19th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
So, basically, 16 out of 18 agents didn’t reply. This doesn’t mean they rejected Jane Austen’s work - it could mean that 17 out of 18 recognized it and only two were stupid enough to waste their time with a response.
Is David Lassman maybe a little bitter about rejection of one of his books?

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