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Jul152011
jane austen's manuscript mystery
07.15.2011 
Yesterday, an unfinished Jane Austen manuscript sold for $1.6 million at an auction house in London. She began the manuscript, titled “The Watsons,” in 1804 at age 29. No one is quite sure why she never finished it, but there is speculation that it is somehow tied to her father’s death in 1805. Those who have read the manuscript said that had she finished it, it could have been on of her great works! “The Watsons,” which was only valued between $330,000 and $490,000, was purchased by a mystery buyer over the phone. I’m just dying to know where the manuscript ends up!
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