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Isobel Lewis

DARK SECRETS: Rare first edition emma becomes most expensive jane austen novel ever sold - The Real Truth

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A rare first edition of Jane Austen’s Emma has become the most expensive novel by the author ever sold.

The three-volume edition of Austen’s 1815 book includes a handwritten message “from the author” and was bought for £375,000, the highest amount any printed work by the novelist has sold for.

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