Monday is the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and The Economist has charted the number of times the novel's protagonists have appeared in books and journals in Britain over the years.
On the occasion of the Jane Austen classic's anniversary, here's a selection of covers from years past up through the present — the good, the bad, the jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and a few that pale in comparison to the book's contents.
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