![]() There’s no evidence of her having tried to prepare them for publication in her lifetime, although all show a level of care in their presentation on the page. The part about Austen’s locking away these writings may be a truth or a Gothic exaggeration, but it does seem to be the case that Austen had kept back a number of her unpublished writings for some years. The manuscript of Lady Susan is there, described as having been ‘locked up’ in Austen’s desk and safeguarded after her death by her niece, Lady Knatchbull. ![]() When the second edition of Memoir of Jane Austen was decided to be published, Austen’s nephew-or perhaps his publisher-made the important decision to add some previously unpublished fiction from Austen as an appendix. ![]() (Image: ArtMari/Shutterstock) The Memoir of Jane Austen For years, Austen had kept back a number of her unpublished writings. ![]()
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