Oh! Do not attack me with your watch!

Jane Austen, originally uploaded by tartx.

If you recognized the source of the title of this post, you will be very interested to learn about this.

"Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch." 

 Jane Austen, Mansfield Park.

Jane Austen's original manuscripts were put online last night. In these manuscripts you can see her fabulous novels written in her own hand. The ink is faded, so parts are hard to read, but the Oxford scholars and their research team who have worked on this project have included a printed version that accompanies each page, where you can follow Jane Austen's changes of wording, strike-throughs, and other minute edits. You can access them here.  What a treat!

(If you are looking for the giveaway post, go here.)