Jane Austen's only complete surviving manuscript is going on show in her home village of Chawton, Hampshire. The 52 handwritten pages of
Sir Charles Grandison reveal the author's only surviving play of any length. It is a light-hearted dramatisation of scenes from The History of Sir Charles Grandison by Samuel Richardson, one of Austen's favourite novelists. The play is unveiled on Thursday at
Chawton House Library, a manor house once owned by Austen's brother
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