Jane Austen letter goes to her former house in deal brokered by Cheffins

Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire has acquired a rare early example of a handwritten letter by the novelist after its sale was negotiated by Cambridge auction house Cheffins.

The letter to her sister Cassandra, dated 1798, came to Cheffins from the estate of a Cambridge coll…

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