莎士比亚等英国名人遗嘱网上公布
<p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bennett">Bennett</span> <span word="sisters">sisters</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="creations">creations</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Jane">Jane</span> <span word="Austen">Austen</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="worldly">worldly</span> <span word="assets">assets</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="sibling">sibling</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p>根据日前在网上公布的英国女作家简·奥斯汀的遗嘱，她将自己的大部分遗产都留给了自己的兄弟姐妹，对此我们并不吃惊——这位作家曾经创作了文学史上著名的班纳特姐妹形象，可见她对手足之情的重视。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="her">her</span> '<span word="dearest">dearest</span>' <span word="sister">sister</span> <span word="Cassandra">Cassandra</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="receive">receive</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="possessions">possessions</span>, <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="around">around</span> £800 (<span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> £27,000 <span word="today">today</span>), <span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cost">cost</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="funeral">funeral</span>, £50 - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="equivalent">equivalent</span> <span word="of">of</span> £1,700 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="today">today</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="money">money</span> - <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="brother">brother</span> <span word="Henry">Henry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="another">another</span> £50 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="cook">cook</span>.</p><p>这位小说家最后的愿望是，希望她“最亲爱的” 姐姐卡桑德拉接受她的全部财产，约为800英镑（相当于今天的2.7万英镑），除了她的葬礼花销，奥斯汀还给弟弟亨利和弟弟的厨师各留下50英镑（相当于当今的1700英镑）。</p><p><span word="Austen">Austen</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collection">collection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sir">Sir</span> <span word="Francis">Francis</span> <span word="Drake">Drake</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="online">online</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p>除了奥斯汀的遗嘱，日前网上还首次公布了其他很多英国名人的遗嘱，如威廉·莎士比亚和冒险家弗朗西斯·德瑞克爵士。</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="will">will</span>, <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</span> <span word="left">left</span> £150 (£14,400 <span word="today">today</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="daughter">daughter</span> <span word="Judith">Judith</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1616, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="famously">famously</span> <span word="decreed">decreed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="his">his</span> '<span word="second">second</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>' <span word="should">should</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span>.</p>
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