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"I will be calm; I will be mistress of myself" - Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility. -
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" - Mr Darcy, Pride & Prejudice. -
It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah's hands are chapped and raw. Domestic life below stairs, ruled with a tender heart and an iron will by Mrs Hill the housekeeper, is about to be disturbed by the arrival of a new footman, bearing secrets and the scent of the sea. -
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more" - Mr Knightley, Emma. -
New for 2026, our Chawton House Magnet displays the contemporary view of the house, familiar to all our visitors today. -
New for 2026, this magnet depicts the view of Chawton House, from the painting by the artist Mellichamp in c.1741. This would have been the view of the house familiar to Jane Austen!
