A Year in Chawton - July
Jeremy Knight shares his memories of July in Chawton on this family’s ancestral estate where Jane Austen lived and wrote – and Jane was never more celebrated than in July.
"When I was a child July was the start of the long summer holidays and I often had a friend from school to stay in Chawton. We spent our days out and about in the garden and woods. At the start of the summer the large swimming pool on the edge of the lawns would be filled – it took about 3 days and another week to warm up en...
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Austen Heritage
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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