Pride and Prejudice

Austen's original draft of this novel was titled First Impressions. Explain why this title makes sense, as explore the reasons why Pride and Prejudice is more apt.

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First Impressions was written when Austen was only tweny-one and not published until approximately sixteen years later. Rewrites were influenced by those sixteen or so years of experience..... a change in the title followed suit.