Who was the real Jane Austen? A retiring spinster content with quiet village life? Or a strong-minded woman who chose to remain unmarried and to fashion herself as a professional writer?
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An innovative and evocative exploration of Austen’s places, including Chawton House, that breathes life into a literary legend.
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In this enthralling biography, Paula Byrne captures Mary Robinson's life in all its extraordinary, disgraceful, triumphant and romantic glory.
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Take a journey through the London that Jane Austen knew. -
A complete and accurate transcript of all Austen's letters as known to date, providing an unparalleled and irresistible insight into the life of Jane Austen. -
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Jane Austen parlour plays for drawing room performance. -
Jane Austen always knows just the right thing to say. With this pocket collection of quotes from Jane’s novels and letters, you too, will have a quip for every situation. -
The pen is mightier than the sword, but whose pen is the mightiest of them all? -
Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format. -
Daredevil divas who first took to the sky. -
Authentic embroidery projects for modern stitchers. -
Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Austen abridged for all ages, these Baker Street Readers editions retell the world's greatest classic stories.
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Online access to our gothic month pre-recorded talk: Of False Hair, Bolstered Hips and Witchcraft: The Act of Parliament that Never Was. Instructions will be sent you in your Chawton House Shop purchase confirmation email. -
Dr Kim Simpson looks at the meaning of gothic literature, and the women writers who pioneered the genre. -
Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format. -
Online access to our digital storytelling performance: The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell. Instructions will be sent you in your Chawton House Shop purchase confirmation email. -
A heartbreaking and uplifting novel of hope, loss and love. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 1. -
This is a beautiful and moving novel written by Janet Todd, a novelist and internationally renowned scholar, known especially for her biographies of women writers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, and Aphra Behn. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 2. -
Sail the seven seas like Ann Bonny and Mary Read in your own pirate blow boats! Battle for treasure with a game of noughts and crossbones! Perfect stocking filler! -
Explore the houses open to the public that were once home to some of the finest writers and musicians in Britain and Ireland. This Illustrated map shows where to find the birthplaces, lifelong residences or retreats where artists found peace and inspiration.
NB: This is a fold out Map.
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Perhaps a gift for someone special or something to keep you occupied during the cosy winter months. -
Learn more about your favourite feathered friends with this fun and interactive book. Perfect Christmas gift for the kids! -
This lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters. -
A stunning clothbound edition of Mary Shelley's infamous work of horror fiction, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. -
An essential for any bookworm, this bookmark means you will no longer need to fold over the pages in your favourite books. A beautiful gift for any book lover. -
'I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!' - Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice A stylish A5 reading journal to record your thoughts on your recent reads. A perfect gift for book lovers and avid readers. -
A shiny little enamel pin badge parodying a classic book cover design. A perfect gift for a book lover. -
Online access to our digital storytelling performance: The Old Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Gaskell. Instructions will be sent you in your Chawton House Shop purchase confirmation email.
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Drawings taken from the influential and beautifully illustrated ‘A Curious Herbal’, held in the Chawton House library collection. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 3. -
A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London. -
Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was a ground-breaking work of literature which still resonates in feminism and human rights movements of today.
