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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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In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mary is the middle of the five Bennet girls and the plainest of them all, so what hope does she have? Prim and pious, with no redeeming features, she is unloved and seemingly unlovable. This homage to Jane Austen shows another side to Mary, the plainest of the five Bennet girls.
