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  1. Pauline

    Movie Persuasion (Jane Austen)

    I watched the new Persuasion today on Netflix. A very strange interpretation! They use mostly modern language but it is set in the correct historic times. For example, the main character Anne Elliott says Captain Wentworth is her “ex”. Another man is described as a “10”. Her father says to hide...
  2. Pauline

    Writers & Artists Finding Jane Austen

    The author Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) wrote six perfect novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. They are not simply romance novels, although who will marry well is always the main plot, but are also witty commentaries on life at...
  3. Jane Austen in Lyme Regis

    Jane Austen in Lyme Regis

    The Grannys Teeth steps on the Cobb, described in her novel Persuasion.
  4. Jane Austen in Winchester

    Jane Austen in Winchester

    The grave and stone is in the church.
  5. Jane Austen in Winchester

    Jane Austen in Winchester

    Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral.
  6. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Chawton House were her brother lived.
  7. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Gravestones for her mother and sister.
  8. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Chawton Church where her sister and mother are buried.
  9. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Thatched houses in the village.
  10. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    The back of the house and her bedroom window.
  11. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Quilt made by Jane, her sister Cassandra and her mother.
  12. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    View from her bedroom to the back of the house.
  13. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Inside the house.
  14. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    Her writing table.
  15. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    The house they lived in is now the Jane Austen Museum.
  16. Jane Austen in Chawton

    Jane Austen in Chawton

    From Bath, Jane, her mother and sister moved to Chawton where her brother Edward gave them a house.
  17. Jane Austen in Adlestrop

    Jane Austen in Adlestrop

    The nearby rectory (Adlestrop House) where she stayed.
  18. Jane Austen in Adlestrop

    Jane Austen in Adlestrop

    Inside the church which she would have visited.
  19. Jane Austen in Adlestrop

    Jane Austen in Adlestrop

    Jane visited a relative who was the rector in Adlestrop in the Cotswolds.
  20. Jane Austen in Bath

    Jane Austen in Bath

    "Jane Austen lived here" plaque.
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