A collection of first editions of all six of Jane Austen\u2019s novels, some of which would almost certainly have been handled by the writer herself, are going on display together for the first time at the house where she wrote them.<\/p>\n
The collection being exhibited at Jane Austen\u2019s House in Chawton, Hampshire<\/a>, includes her brother Frank\u2019s copy of Emma and her brother Edward\u2019s copies of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. There is also a copy of Sense and Sensibility in the original publisher\u2019s binding.<\/p>\n Chawton is where Austen lived for the last eight years of her life when she wrote, revised and had all of her novels published. The novels are being put on display together in a specially designed case that echoes her modest 12-sided writing table made of walnut<\/a>.<\/p>\n