Letter to Fanny Austen (Knight), ? Thursday, 24 July 1806

In the collected letters of Jane Austen, so wonderfully researched and annotated by Deirdre Le Faye, which I have been blogging off and on; along with my other mostly literary theme essays — Austen’s letters are chiefly addressed to her older sister and confidante Cassandra Austen, although occasionally a letter to one of her brothers,

Book Review: The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner.

This was a recent read, I tend to try to reader “lighter” in the summer and this book was on clearance price as I was buying late summer/early fall/holiday gift books to be stored away. The story is set in Chawton, the village where Jane Austen lived in her later life, and where she did

Chawton House Podcast: The House Restoration with Adam Knight.

Via JASNA/Jane Austen Society of North America: “The House Restoration with Adam Knight” (Chawton House): In this podcast, architect Adam Knight (son of Richard Knight and the new owner of the freehold) talks about his work restoring Chawton House in the 1990s and his hopes for Chawton today. A selection of his photos and drawings from