Chawton House Library is a UK registered charity with a unique collection of books focusing on women's writing in English from 1600 to 1830.
This specialist collection, set in the home and working estate of Jane Austen's brother, provides the opportunity to study and savour the texts in their original setting and inspires passion in readers of all ages. More >
Mission
The Library's mission is to promote study and research in early English women's writing;to protect and preserve Chawton House, an English manor house dating from the Elizabethan period; and to maintain a rural English working manor farm of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, for the benefit of everyone.
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WHAT'S NEW
19 July 10 >>
Sculpture in the Wilderness by Jon Edgar
From the 19th July until 31st October. Chawton House is host to carvings by Jon Edgar set in the designed landscape of Chawton House. We are also open for viewing the sculptor at work on some Sunday Afternoons. Please follow the link for more information.
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5 - 6 Nov 10 >>
Anniversary Conference.
Sarah Fielding
and 18th-Century Women's Writing
November 8th 2010 will see the tercentenary of the birth of the pioneering novelist and critic Sarah Fielding (1710-1768). To find out more information about this two day conference being held at Chawton House Library, please follow the link. The
registration document is now available
to download please follow the link below.
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Saturday 11 Sep 10 >> Heritage Open Day
Heritage Open Day celebrates England's fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or nomally charge for admission.
Come and explore the House, Library and Gardens for free !
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7th - 9th October 10 >> Special Exhibition at Godmersham Park
Jane Austen's Reading at Chawton & Godmersham Park.
This exhibition represents a unique opportunity to see a selection of books that Jane Austen was reading or re-reading between 1809 and 1817, the most productive years of her literary career.
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Announcement
Aphra Behn Online: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts. For the Call for Papers and further information, please follow this link
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