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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. -
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. -
A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 3. -
Drawings taken from the influential and beautifully illustrated ‘A Curious Herbal’, held in the Chawton House library collection. -
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. -
Chawton House's digital magazine The Female Spectator vol 5, no. 1. -
Chawton House's magazine The Female Spectator returns, in a new digital format. -
Dr Kim Simpson looks at the meaning of gothic literature, and the women writers who pioneered the genre. -
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. -
Based on a literary mystery that has long puzzled biographers and academics, Miss Austen is a wonderfully original and emotionally complex novel, written by Gill Hornby, about the loves and lives of Cassandra and Jane Austen. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.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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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.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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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.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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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.7 years after Anne Elliot broke off her engagement, the dashing Captain Wentworth sweeps back into her life.
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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.Poor relation, Fanny Price, is taken in by the wealthy Bertram family to live at Mansfield Park. Much like Edward Austen and the Knight family!
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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.Imaginative Catherine Morland enters society and finds it nothing like the gothic novels she devours.
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Enjoy re-living this classic Austen text with your very own beautiful clothbound edition.It is a truth universally acknowledged... that Mr Darcy’s shirt remains dry throughout the novel.
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Treat yourself to one of these British-made aprons from Thornback and Peel, available in three beautiful designs.
