Jane Austen's holograph fiction manuscripts: a digital and print resource

简·奥斯汀的小说手稿对任何英国小说家来说都是第一个重要的全息证据。它们代表了她写作生涯的每个阶段和各种不同的身体状态：工作草稿、公平的副本和供私人发行的手写出版物。这些手稿一直保存在一个单独的收藏中，直到1845年，在她的妹妹卡桑德拉去世后，它们被分散了。数字化将使他们能够实现虚拟的统一，并提供第一次机会来同时比较他们不同的物理和概念状态；它将促进对奥斯汀整个职业生涯中的工作实践的系统研究，这是一个明显被忽视的学术领域。

Jane Austen's fiction manuscripts are the first significant body of holograph evidence for any British novelist. They represent every stage of her writing career and a variety of physical states: working drafts, fair copies, and handwritten publications for private circulation. The manuscripts were held in a single collection until 1845, when at her sister Cassandra's death they were dispersed. Digitization will enable their virtual reunification and provide the first opportunity to make simultaneous comparison of their different physical and conceptual states; it will facilitate systematic study of Austen's working practices across her career, a remarkably neglected area of scholarship.