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

简·奥斯汀的小说手稿是英国小说家的第一个重要的全息证据。它们代表了她写作生涯的每一个阶段和各种身体状态：工作草稿，公平的副本，以及私人流通的手写出版物。这些手稿被保存在一个单一的集合，直到1845年，当她的妹妹卡桑德拉的死亡，他们被分散。数字化将使他们的虚拟统一，并提供了第一次机会，使他们不同的物理和概念状态的同时比较;它将促进系统研究奥斯汀的工作实践在她的职业生涯，一个显着被忽视的学术领域。

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.