Jane Austen's The Watsons

The Bodleian Libraries have acquired the only original draft novel manuscript of hers to have survived, it is incomplete and has never been published as a novel. Titled 'The Watsons' by one of Jane Austen's descendents, the manuscriped was sold at auction on 14 July 

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Jane Austen's manuscript of The Watsons
Jane Austen's manuscript of The Watsons
Region
South East England
Grant awarded
£894,700
Year awarded