Jane Austen Used Pins to Edit Her Manuscripts: Earlier than the Phrase Processor & White-Out

Earlier than the phrase proces­sor, earlier than White-Out, earlier than Put up-It Notes, there have been straight pins. Or, not less than that’s what Jane Austen used to make edits in one in every of her uncommon man­u­scripts. In 2011, Oxford’s Bodleian Library acquired the person­u­script of Austen’s aban­doned nov­el, The Wat­sons. In announc­ing the acqui­si­tion,…