Claim: The mother of best-selling American romance writer Nicole Jordan instilled in the young author the love of romance novels by reading her the 1813 romantic novel Pride and Prejudice, among others.
Evidence: Nicole Jordan (born 1954 in Oklahoma) is a best-selling American author of romance novels. Her mother began reading aloud to her from Pride and Prejudice and The Scarlet Pimpernel when Jordan was ten years old. She credits her mother with instilling her love of romance novels. Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 romantic novel of manners written by Jane Austen.