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Jane Austen manuscript fetches $1.6M at auction

Jane Austen manuscript fetches $1.6M at auction

Sotheby's says an unfinished early Jane Austen manuscript has sold at auction for almost 1 million pounds ($1.6 million)....

 

Academic: Jane Austen had helping hand from editor

She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big helping hand from her editor.

 

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