Austen’s unfinished novel on display in UK

LONDON : Jane Austen’s novels have delighted millions of people in India and the English-speaking world, but few have had a glimpse of her last unfinished novel titled The Brothers – the manuscript will be on display in Cambridge for only one day on Tuesday.

The exhibition at King’s College, including the manuscript, marks Austen’s death 200 years ago. Other items during the Jane Austen Open Day related to the iconic novelist are books and letters, the university said on Monday. Organisers said the auto- graph manuscript could only be described as priceless. It is rarely displayed as both the ink and paper used are vulnerable to light. It was last shown to the public for one day in 2013.

After her death, it was released as Sanditon, the name of the seaside town that features in the story. The three notebooks in which Austen wrote Sandi ton are among the greatest treasures held by the King’s College Archive. James Clements, librarian at King’s College, said: “A digital copy of Sandi ton is available but we want people to have the chance to see the manuscript itself.