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Pride and Prejudice had a very different first title

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Before it became the ultimate standard for romantic tension, Jane Austen's masterpiece was saddled with a title that sounded like a cheap self-help seminar. The original draft was boldly called First Impressions, but publishers aggressively rejected it without even opening the manuscript. A quick title change to something far more dramatic somehow completely tricked the industry into giving it a second chance.

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