Jane Austen’s House
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The enchanting Hampshire cottage where Jane Austen lived and wrote all six of her globally beloved novels. The most treasured Austen site in the world.
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‘I depended on hearing something of the evening from Mr W.K, - & am very well satisfied with his notice of me. “A pleasing looking young woman”;- that must do;- one cannot pretend to anything better now’.
✍️ #JaneAusten writing to her sister Cassandra, 30 April, 1811.
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death #onthisday in April 1824, Dr Christine Kenyon Jones introduces Byron and Jane Austen, often presented as opposites, with a surprising Q&A showing that they have more in common than you think!
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📢 LAST CHANCE TO SEE! Our ‘Satire and Scandal’ Exhibition guest curated by the fabulous Alice Loxton ends on 21 April!
🎟️ Free with House admission.
🌟 Tickets last for one year!
👉 Book tickets here: buff.ly/43Gfxuf
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🤫 Can you keep a secret?
'Perhaps before the end of April, Mansfield Park by the author of S & S.-P. & P. may be in the World.- Keep the name to yourself. I should not like to have it known beforehand.'
✍️ #JaneAusten writing to her brother on 21 March 1814.
💻 Join us for one our exciting virtual events, including a special Easter edition of our Guided Virtual Tour, an Australian edition and a Curator Tour of our new display OBSTINATE HEADSTRONG GIRLS!
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'We are going to have Rain, & after that, very pleasant genial weather, which will exactly do for me, as my Saddle will then be completed - and air & exercise is what I want.'
✍ #JaneAusten writing from this House, March 1817.