When Jane Austen died, at the age of 41, she left behind her not only six novels but a large number of manuscripts, ranging from juvenile works to the novel tha

Kathryn Sutherland presents an edition of the fiction manuscripts of Jane Austen: the first substantial collection of autograph writings to survive for a Britis

The minute I saw the letter, I knew it was hers. There was no mistaking it: the salutation, the tiny, precise handwriting, the date, the content itself, all con

This edition of Jane Austen's surviving manuscripts includes Sanditon, Lady Susan and The Watsons, as well as her poems, prayers and shorter fragments.

Jane Austen was not born a global icon. It took years for her to break into print. Her first publication came after almost a decade of ups and downs, and her fi