Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Historical Houses in Hampshire: Jane Austen and more

Holiday outings to Historical houses in Hampshire
What a neatly alliterative title I have invented or discovered. Jane Austen had some alliterative book titles. Pride and Prejudice is my favourite title.

1 Jane Austen's House Museum
The house has her writing desk, letters, her famous ring (why was it famous?), costumes and novels 2017 is the 200th anniversary of Jane's death and you can get involved in events in the house and garden thought the year.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote 6 major novels published in her life time plus and unfinished novel and lots of junior and shorter works and letters and bits and pieces. The best known titles are:
Mansfield Park
Emma
Sense and Sensibility
Mansfield Park
Pride and Prejudice
Northanger Abbey
Persuasion

You can visit museums related to her in several places, such as Bath.
www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk

Picture from Wikipedia. See more details there. Excellent article about her life and books, pictures of Jane and her sister Cassandra and even Jane Austen cookies. Other places of interest in the UK connected with Jane Austen include the museum in Bath and her burial place in Winchester Cathedral.

2 Gilbert White's House
Gilbert White was a naturalist, scientist and writer.
www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk

3 Historic skills you can learn:
Celtic cooking
Cave painting
Sword making
Milking

4 You can also take literary walks.

More later. I'm off around the internet looking for pictures - I'll be back in a couple of hours when I feel like a holiday on the internet and I can spare some time from work.

http://www.easthants.gov.uk/visit-east-hampshire

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