Fans of Jane Austen are to be given the chance to see the novelist’s will as part of the National Archives’ Love Letters exhibition.

The author, famed for works such as Pride And Prejudice and Emma, died at the age of 41 in 1817 and left “everything of which I may die possessed” – except for two other bequests – to her “dearest sister” Cassandra.

The National Archives holds death duty accounts which show Austen’s estate was worth £661 2s – around £49,000 in today’s money – after debts, probate and funeral expenses.

Vicky Iglikowski-Broad, principal records specialist in diverse histories at the National Archives said: “Jane Austen’s will reveals the depth of her affection for her sister, her lifelong companion and ally.

“Her own health rapidly failing, we see her leaving the bulk of he

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