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Jane Austen's House Museum.
"Chawton may be called the second, as well as the last
home of Jane Austen; for during the temporary residences of the party
at Bath and Southampton she was only a sojourner in a strange land;
but here she found a real home amongst her own people. It so happened
that during her residence at Chawton circumstances brought several of
her brothers and their families within easy distance of the house. Chawton must
also be considered the place most closely connected with her career as a writer; for there it was
that, in the maturity of her mind, she either wrote or
rearranged, and prepared for publication the books by
which she has become known to the world. This was
the home where, after a few years, while still in the
prime of life, she began to droop and wither away, and
which she left only in the last stage of her illness,
yielding to the persuasion of friends hoping against
hope."
Extract from "A memoir of Jane Austen" (Open Library)
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Address:
Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire GU34 1SD
Website: www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk
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