{"title":"Biographical","description":"Learn about Jane's life through her letters, family and work","products":[{"product_id":"chawton-letters-hardback","title":"Jane Austen: The Chawton Letters (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn their celebration of ‘little matters’ the regular round of visiting, dining out, drinking tea, reading and walking to the shops Jane Austen’s letters and novels have many similarities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis delightful little book brings together thirteen letters held by Jane Austen’s House, giving us intimate glimpses into her life in Bath and Chawton and on visits to London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn them, Jane Austen relishes the shops, theatres and sights of London, as well as the quieter routines of village life in Chawton. We learn of her anxieties for the reception of \u003cem\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/em\u003e, her care in planning \u003cem\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/em\u003e and the hilarious negotiations over the publication of \u003cem\u003eEmma\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese letters, each accompanied by reproductions from the original manuscripts in Jane Austen’s hand, testify to Jane’s deep emotional bond with her sister: the most moving letter of all is that written by Cassandra only days after Jane’s death in Winchester in July 1817.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40706369421498,"sku":"9781851244744","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/products\/chawtonletters21.jpg?v=1636114294"},{"product_id":"jane-austen-at-home-by-lucy-worsley","title":"Jane Austen At Home, by Lucy Worsley (PB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating biography by popular historian Lucy Worsley leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new telling of the story of Jane's life shows us how and why she lived as she did, examining the places and spaces that mattered to her from her childhood home at Steventon Rectory, to her final years at Chawton Cottage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhilst Jane wrote about grand houses and eligible families, her own life was often a painful struggle. Jane famously lived a 'life without incident', but with new research and insights Lucy Worsley reveals a passionate woman who fought for her freedom. A woman who far from being a lonely spinster in fact had at least five marriage prospects, but who in the end refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eS\u003cstrong\u003etaff Favourites- Julie, Visitor Services Supervisor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI really enjoyed this book, it explored in an accessible way Jane’s life her family, the importance of “home” and her position in society as a single woman.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A really fantastic read!”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40706373484730,"sku":"9781473632202","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/products\/lucybook21.jpg?v=1636116378"},{"product_id":"jane-austen-a-life-by-claire-tomalin","title":"Jane Austen: A Life, by Claire Tomalin (PB)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eAs near perfect a life of Austen as we are likely to get: intelligent, feeling, suggestive’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarmen Callil, Daily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis popular biography by acclaimed author Claire Tomalin gives wonderful insight into Jane’s life, from her childhood in Steventon to her time in Bath and Southampton, and her last eight years in Chawton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClaire Tomalin’s vigorous research and inspired storytelling bring Jane vividly to life, creating a fresh and convincing portrait of the woman and the writer that you won’t want to put down!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40706432630970,"sku":"9780241963272","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/products\/lifebookfront21.jpg?v=1637746145"},{"product_id":"jane-austens-house-souvenir-guide","title":"Exclusive: Jane Austen's House Souvenir Guidebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful souvenir guidebook takes you inside Jane Austen’s House, exploring the rooms she knew and loved as well as her life, work and special objects in the museum collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked full of information and stunning photos of the House and gardens, you’ll be transported to Chawton – whether you are looking forward to your visit, remembering one, or simply dreaming of a visit to Jane Austen’s House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brand new guidebook is fully up to date, with 32 pages of beautiful colour photographs, and features a preface by Lucy Worsley. Every purchase helps support Jane Austen's House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in June 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41561471942842,"sku":"9781841659312","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/products\/2022guidefront.jpg?v=1656351344"},{"product_id":"jane-austen-teenage-writings","title":"Jane Austen Teenage Writings, PB","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree notebooks of Jane Austen's early writing survive. The pieces probably date from 1786, around the time that Jane, aged 11 or 12 and her older sister and collaborator Cassandra left school. By this point Austen was already an indiscriminate and precocious reader, devouring pulp fiction and classic literature alike. What she read, she soon began to imitate and parody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike many teenage writings then and now, these are not secrets or agonized confessions entrusted to a private journal and for the writer's eyes alone. Rather they are stories to be shared and admired by a named audience of family and friends. Devices and themes which appear subtly in Austen's later fiction run riot openly and exuberantly across the teenage page. Drunkenness, brawling, sexual misdemeanour, theft and even murder prevail. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43634111021242,"sku":"9780198737452","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/files\/Teenage_writings_3.jpg?v=1714747157"},{"product_id":"jane-austen-in-41-objects-kathryn-sutherland-hb","title":"Jane Austen in 41 Objects, Kathryn Sutherland, HB","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew release!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than 200 years after Jane Austen's death at the age of just 41, we are still looking for clues about this extraordinary writer's life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong objects described in the book are a teenage notebook, a wallpaper fragment, the dining-room grate at Chawton Cottage where she lived, and even Mr Darcy's wet shirt!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a different kind of biography, in which objects with their own histories offer shifting entry points into Jane Austen's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKathryn Sutherland is Senior Research Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 17cm x 22cm, 204 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55193526108543,"sku":"9781851246267","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/files\/41objects_front.jpg?v=1741881165"},{"product_id":"living-with-jane-austen-hb-by-janet-todd","title":"Living with Jane Austen, HB, Janet Todd","description":"\u003cp\u003eFanny Price, in Mansfield Park, tells her persistent suitor that \"we have all a better guide in ourselves.... than any other better guide in can be\". Sometimes, however, we crave external guidance: and when this happens we could do worse than seek it in Jane Austen's subtle novels. Written to coincide with Austen's 250th birthday, this approachable and intimate work shows why and how - for over half a century - Austen has inspired and challenged its author through different phases of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart Personal memoir, part expert interaction with all the letters, manuscripts and published novels, Janet Todd's book reveals what living with Jane Austen has meant to her and what it might also mean to others. Todd celebrates the undimmable power of Austen's work to help us understand the world around us, and our own minds and bodies, and to teach us about patience, humour, beauty and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55610081771903,"sku":"9781009569316","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/files\/Living_with_JA_HB_front.jpg?v=1750514405"},{"product_id":"jane-austens-bookshelf-hb-by-rebecca-romney","title":"Jane Austen's Bookshelf, HB, Rebecca Romney","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Rebecca Romney found a clothbound edition of\u003cem\u003e Evelina\u003c\/em\u003e by Frances Burney, she was happy to discover that she'd stumbled across a novel by one Jane Austen's favourite authors. Inspired by the connection between the two writers, she returned to Austen's book with a new lens, picking out clues sprinkled throughout her works that pointed to the writers she had admired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomney discovered that, for the most part, the male writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Defoe remain on our bookshelves, but the works of Austen's favourite female writers - like Frances Burney, Ann Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hester Piozzi and Maria Edgeworth - have all but vanished. This ignited a new mission for Romney: she needed to collect Jane Austen's bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Jane Austen's Bookshelf, Romney explores the lives of these women; their works; why  they've disappeared from our shelves and history; and encourage readers to pick them up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping is calculated according to weight of goods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55610306101631,"sku":"9781785124105","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/files\/JABookshelf_HBfront.jpg?v=1750512891"},{"product_id":"jane-austens-letters-fourth-edition-deidre-le-faye-pb-new-in","title":"Jane Austen's Letters (4th Edition), Deidre Le Faye, PB","description":"\u003cp\u003eJane Austen's letters afford a unique and irresistible insight into the daily life of the novelist: intimate and gossipy, observant and informative - they read much like the novels themselves. They bring alive her family and friends, her surroundings and contemporary events, all with a freshness unparalleled in modern biographies. Most importantly, we recognise the unmistakeable voice of the author as it shifts from witty descriptions of the social life of town and country, to a thoughtful consideration of the business of literary composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition incorporates another decade's worth of scholarship which further enriches our understanding of Austen and gives us the fullest and most revealing view yet of her life and family. It includes a new preface, amended and updated biographical and topographical indexes, and a brand new subject index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoods shipped outside the UK may be subject to your countries customs, taxes and clearance fees. US customers will see a duty charge added separately at checkout, according to each items individual tariff code.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen's House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57116485157247,"sku":null,"price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/files\/JanesLettersLeFayefront.jpg?v=1773320836"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0402\/7259\/3053\/collections\/life_book_front_21.jpg?v=1723996333","url":"https:\/\/janeaustenshouse.shop\/collections\/biographical.oembed","provider":"Jane Austen's House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}