![]() ![]() This fact has led scholars to suspect that Austen may have discarded the drafts once she completed the novels.Īs there is no concrete evidence for Austen's methods of preparation, we are left to speculate. Plan of a NovelĪ striking variety of Austen manuscripts exist which provide insight into Austen's development as the "conversational novelist." Three volumes of juvenilia and a number of unfinished novels provide a record of Austen's work at different stages of her life-from her teenage years to the year of her death (age 41). What is missing, however, are any complete manuscripts of her published novels. ![]() Rather, it highlights the pockets of clarity, those moments when thought flows swiftly rather than staggering its way onto paper. ![]() The observation is significant not because it reveals an importance of "flawless" execution. One of the things that you see time and time again, is that when she reaches a point where the characters are in conversation, her hand runs smoothly-often without a pause, often without a mistake, often without a slip or correction. ![]() As she points out, patterns emerge: dialogue largely remains unaltered compared to scenes between dialogues. She compares areas of little to no revision to those areas where heavier revisions are made. ![]()
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