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MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES Jane Austen’s House Museum Jane Austen’s House Museum, Winchester Road, Chawton, Hampshire GU34 1SD

jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk Jane Austen’s House Museum at Chawton in Hampshire is well worth a visit. Jane lived here from 1809 to her death in 1871 and it was where many of the novels were written. Jane Austen Centre 40 Gay Street, Bath, BA1 2NT www.janeausten.co.uk Those who fancy seeing themselves in Regency garb and imagining what their ancestors might have looked like might wish to visit the Jane Austen Centre in Bath. WEBSITES The British Library bl.uk/ romantics-and-victorians/themes/ the-novel-1780-to-1832 The British Library’s website on ‘The Novel 1780-1832’ has a number of excellent essays by experts putting Austen’s novels in their social context, discussing topics such as balls, female education and reading, courtship and social realism. Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts janeausten.ac.uk/ index.html Jane’s manuscripts have been digitised and can be viewed online here – a fully searchable database for those interested in exploring her writings in depth. BOOKS

The Gentleman’s Daughter: Women’s Lives in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery ( Yale University Press, 2003)

Other People’s Daughters: The Life and Times of the Governess by Ruth Brandon ( Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008)

Marriage Law for Genealogists: The Definitive Guide, by Rebecca Probert ( Takeaway, 2012)

So You Think You Know Jane Austen? A Literary Quizbook, by John Sutherland and Deirdre Le Faye ( Oxford World’s Classics, 2005).