NEW YORK, July 14 (UPI) -- A recently discovered manuscript by British literary icon Jane Austen has been sold at auction to an unnamed institution for $1.6 million, Time magazine said.
Austen, who died in 1817, penned the classic romances "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense & Sensibility," "Emma," "Mansfield Park," "Persuasion" and "Northanger Abbey," many of which have inspired popular film adaptations.