![]() ![]() The website says work is continuing to expand the offerings of modern manuscripts and printed books, so it will be worth checking back on this website at a later date to see what has been added. There is a small collection of more modern printed books, such as a first edition of Darwin’s Origin of Species, and a copy of Shakespeare’s poem Rape of Lucrece published in his lifetime. Even if you can’t read Latin, some of them have beautiful illuminations, which may inspire a novel you are setting in medieval times. Brush up on your Latin to read some of the over 570 medieval manuscripts now available. Trinity College’s Wren Library has begun digitizing important works from its collections and making them available online. ![]() WREN DIGITAL LIBRARY, TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE Chawton House has a close association with Jane Austen, whose elder brother Edward inherited the property. The books “explore such broad-ranging themes as satire, slavery, marriage, witchcraft and piracy.” The intent is to expose the books to a wider audience and to make scholarly study easier. Authors include Aphra Behn, Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson, Penelope Aubin, and a range of anonymous works. The Chawton House Library, which “foster research and understanding of early women writers,” has made full text transcriptions of some of the rare novels in its library, ranging from 1600-1830, accessible for free. Reproduced with permission from Chawton House staffĪ good way to prepare yourself to write a novel about another era is to read a novel actually written in that era.
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