Austen Knight family fun in the snow
As the Chawton estate is covered in snow, Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen’s fifth great niece and the last Austen descendent to grow up on the ancestral estate where Jane herself lived and wrote, remembers the excitement of snowfall when Chawton House was her family’s home.
"I have such strong memories of Chawton in the snow, it was so exciting! My father, Jeremy Knight (Edward Austen’s 3rd great grandson) was always first up in the morning so was usually the first to know. “You might want t...
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Caroline, the last Austen to grow up in Chawton, where her fifth great-aunt lived and wrote, shares her extraordinary connection to the legendary author.
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