A rare handwritten note from the British author Jane Austen has been revealed at West Dean College in West Sussex.

The text was written by Austen in 1814 and gives insight into her thoughts on her brother’s sermons – echoing a discussion later featured in the novel Mansfield Park. The Book Conservation department at West Dean carried out the restoration work as part of an exhibition that will open later this year for the bicentenary celebration of Mansfield Park, in which Austen also addressed the subject of sermons.

Source: Britain Magazine