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Jane Austen lovers, look no further than our Jane Austen Cameo Earrings. Matching pendant and brooch available. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House.
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Out of stock“I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.” Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a lady of letters and trailblazer of Western medicine. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection, inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House.
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Out of stockCelebrating our unique 'Early Women Writers' collection with this fabulous Chawton House quill statement necklace. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection, inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House.
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A wearable homage to Aphra Behn, the first English woman to earn a living from writing. “All women together ought to let flowers fall on the tomb of Aphra Behn . . . For it was she who earned them the right to speak their minds.” - Virginia Woolf Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection, inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House.
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'You can't help feeling that Jane would have approved.' OBSERVER 'It won't surprise me if this is one of the books of the year' RTE From the #1 bestselling author of Miss Austen. A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family.
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This board book version of Jane Austen - from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series - introduces the youngest dreamers to this great British novelist.
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A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London.
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Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 3.
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Drawings taken from the influential and beautifully illustrated ‘A Curious Herbal’, held in the Chawton House library collection.
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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.
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Explore the houses open to the public, once home to some of the finest writers and musicians in Britain and Ireland. This Illustrated map shows how 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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Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 1.
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Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format.
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Dr Kim Simpson looks at the meaning of gothic literature, and the women writers who pioneered the genre.
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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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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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Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format.
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Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen.
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A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated examination of dress, clothing, fashion, and sewing in the Regency seen through the lens of Jane Austen’s life and writings
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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.
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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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The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention.
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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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An innovative and evocative exploration of Austen’s places, including Chawton House, that breathes life into a literary legend.
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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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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of this good book must be in want of a drink.
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Austen’s novels depict a world of civility, reassuring stability and continuity. Claire Tomalin’s biography paints a surprisingly different picture of the Austen family and their Hampshire neighbours.
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Jane Austen’s brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense. Written when she was just a teenager.
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Austen’s portrayal of Emma Woodhouse is a masterclass in irony and the management of narrative perspective – and one of the great high-wire acts of English literature.
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Jane Austen’s first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, is a witty satire of the sentimental novel, a popular genre in Britain throughout the 1790s and the Regency.
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7 years after Anne Elliot broke off her engagement, the dashing Captain Wentworth sweeps back into her life.