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. -
The Watsons by Jane Austen & Rose Servitova is the tale of four sisters as they seek security, love and happiness in a world where the most important decisions affecting their lives, are not always theirs to make. It is a book about relationships, freedom and personal empowerment.
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Greeting card of Chawton House, painted by local Alton artist Pam Jones. -
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. -
Small enamel pin featuring Anne Brontë's 'But he that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose' quote. -
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. -
Have endless creative fun! This kit is packed with activities and interesting facts, so you can put on all sorts of imaginative and wonderful performances for all the family to enjoy.
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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. -
bibliophile [noun] big-lee-uh-fyl - a person who collects or who has a great love of books This quirky necklace is a must for any 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. -
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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. -
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. -
Support Chawton House and local artist Julia Morgan by sending this Chawton House 'Garden in Bloom' card to family and friends. -
'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. Publication date: 23.06.22 Please note: Delivery might be slightly later. -
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 Wolf Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection, inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
Celebrating 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. -
“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. -
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. -
Fall for regency and romance with the Pride and Prejudice Book Pendant. Inspired by Jane Austen’s beloved novel. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
Janeites, look no further than our Jane Austen Bookshelf Necklace. Discover odes to literary classics, by this frequent visitor to Chawton House Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
Jane Austen lovers, look no further than our Cameo Necklace. Matching brooch and earrings available. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
A beautifully hand crafted brooch inspired by Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal - one of the treasures here at Chawton House. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
Janeites, look no further than our Jane Austen Cameo Brooch. Matching pendant and earrings available. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
The Knight boys began their lives as Austens...born into wealth and security. Now, for the first time, the fascinating histories of Edward Austen Knight's sons are brought together in one volume. The life trajectory of the heir and future squire is relatively familiar, but of the younger sons less has been uncovered and written. They are the other Knight boys and this is their story.
