Chawton: Jane Austen’s Home

… during the last 8 years of her life, during which she wrote all of her major novels (and saw four of them published during her lifetime: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Emma).

The dining room, with Jane’s writing table tucked away in a corner next to the window.

Jane’s bedroom (also the room where most of her family said goodbye to her before she died).

Right: A replica of the blue dress and bonnet that Jane is wearing
in the portrait sketched of her by her sister Cassandra (left).

A quilt handmade by Jane, her sister Cassandra and their mother,
and a muslin shawl embroidered by Jane.

And last but not least …

The museum’s resident cat! 😀

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  1. We spent quite a bit of time prowling around Dorchester, but didn’t go into any of the museums. We went to Hardy’s birthplace. We also went badger-watching one very cold night, though I don’t remember ever coming across a badger in any of Hardy’s novels!

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