Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Trivia Question: Which Victorian author’s first novel carried the vague credit, ‘By a Lady’?
The given options are:
- Jane Austen
- Mary Ann Evans
- Charlotte Brontë
Correct Answer: Jane Austen
Info: Austen published her first and all her subsequent novels anonymously, which was common for women authors of the time. Her second novel had a more specific byline: By the Author of ‘Sense and Sensibility.’