Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 fm.author_biographical_note2 Klappentext A history of Chawton manor in Hampshire, famous for its association with Jane Austen's family, published in 1911. Zusammenfassung This book, published in 1911, and written by descendants of Jane Austen's brothers, covers the history of Chawton manor and house, formerly owned by her brother Edward Knight, from the Norman Conquest to 1879. In addition to the Austen connection, this is a fascinating history of a typical English parish. Inhaltsverzeichnis Note; 1. Eight centuries; 2. The manor; 3. The church; 4. The Knights and the building of Chawton House; 5. The Lewkenors and the Martins; 6. The Mays and the Brodnaxes;. 7. The Austens; Appendices; Index.

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Chawton House is famous today as the home of Jane Austen's brother Edward, who was adopted by a wealthy relative, Thomas Knight, and inherited his Hampshire estate. Edward offered the former bailiff's cottage close to the great house to his mother, who lived there with her unmarried daughters Jane and Cassandra. The house is now a study centre and library, for women's writing especially, but when this book was published in 1911 the building was still the Knight family home. Montagu Knight, the grandson of Edward, supplied material from the archives of the manor, while the book was largely written by his cousin William Austen Leigh, the son of Jane's nephew and memorialist. It covers the history of the manor from the Norman Conquest to the death of the second Edward in 1879, and, apart from the Austen connection, is a fascinating illustrated history of a typical English parish.

Zusammenfassung
This book, published in 1911, and written by descendants of Jane Austen's brothers, covers the history of Chawton manor and house, formerly owned by her brother Edward Knight, from the Norman Conquest to 1879. In addition to the Austen connection, this is a fascinating history of a typical English parish.

Inhalt

Note; 1. Eight centuries; 2. The manor; 3. The church; 4. The Knights and the building of Chawton House; 5. The Lewkenors and the Martins; 6. The Mays and the Brodnaxes; 7. The Austens; Appendices; Index.