What’s on
Monday 4th March 2019 to Monday 30th December 2019
Display: Writing Women's Rights
Monday 4th March 2019 to Monday 30th December 2019
Exhibition: Jane Austen's Reading
Thursday 21st November 2019 to Monday 30th December 2019
Christmas at Chawton House
Saturday 14th December 2019
Workshop: Christmas Table Centrepieces
New for 2019, the Jane Austen Garden Trail is a unique walking route around the Chawton grounds.
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The ‘Reading with Austen’ website.
This site digitally recreates of the Library of Godmersham Park, as Jane Austen would have seen it. Click here to explore the Library, and here to read the blog.
Latest news
12th December 2019
A very merry Christmas Fayre!
Last week we hosted our second ever Christmas Fayre, this time spread over Saturday and Sunday. With a visit from Father Christmas, biscuit decorating, craft
2nd December 2019
Beginnings & Endings: Amelia Opie in 1825 and 1852
December, 2019. Postdoctoral Fellow Kim Simpson writes the fourth in the Amelia Opie blog series Amelia Opie died on this day (2nd December), 1853. Today, in
11th November 2019
Happy Birthday, Amelia!
November, 2019. Postdoctoral Fellow Kim Simpson writes the third in the Amelia Opie blog series ‘Mrs. Opie is often acknowledged handsome, but always allowed to