QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion

Jane Austen
1775-1817

Mansfield Park

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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.

Dancing With Darcy

Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy are giving a Ball at the Great House. A once in a lifetime opportunity! More..

Conference 2009
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On Line Catalogue
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WHAT'S NEW

29 Jun 09  >> Short Story Competition Winner

The winner of the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009 has been decided More >

18 Jun 09 >>
We are now on Twitter

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18 Sep 2009  >>
Conference

Setting Agendas:
text-setting and the libretto in contemporary British music. Registration is open for this conference to be held at Chawton House Library
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4 Oct 09 >>
Wedding Fair

Chawton House Library is holding its first wedding fair.11am-3pm, free entry. More >