Saturday, October 23, 2010

INTERESTING: Jane Austen couldn't spell -- had erratic grammar

She's renowned for her precise, exquisite prose, but new research shows Jane Austen was a poor speller and erratic grammarian who got a big helping hand from her editor.

Read about it at:   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/23/entertainment/main6984966.shtml?tag=stack


Austen's handwritten manuscripts will go online Monday at www.janeausten.ac.uk, the result of a three-year project to digitize the author's unpublished work.
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