Wednesday 23rd September 2026 to Sunday 18th October 2026
Venue: Chawton House
Discover what Autumn meant to Jane Austen in this special Library display.
“autumn, that season of peculiar and inexhaustible
influence on the mind of taste and tenderness.”
—Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818)
Discover Austen’s fascination with the changing seasons in this special Library display, which explores her engagement with the Romantic poets of the day, her own experiences of Autumn and the way that the ‘sweet scenes of autumn’ appear in her novels. Enjoy Marianne Dashwood’s raptures and Anne Elliot’s more reflective walks, alongside seasonal recipes, botanical illustrations, Autumn fashions and other treasures from the Chawton House collection.
Included in the price of admission.
