Jane Austen House - Room by Room Tour - Chawton Hampshire - Life of Jane Austen
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- The Jane Austen House and Museum are located in Chawton, Hampshire. Jane Austen lived in this house in the latter part of her life. The Jane Austen House is a fascinating look at the Life of Jane Austen and gives you insight into her days spend here. The museum holds many personal possessions and the famous writing desk from which she wrote, Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion.
We take you on a full room by room tour of the house explaining all the interesting stories and features of the Chawton Cottage. This is part of our Jane Austen mini-series in which we walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen from birth to death visiting some of the amazing places she lived or visited.
***Note an error in the facts*** A picture we show of Jane in the bedroom as drawn by Cassandra is actually of Jane's Niece and not the correct photo as purchased by the National Gallery. Sorry for the confusion.
See more Jane Austen in our playlist • Life of Jane Austen
Chapters:-
0:00 Intro
0:29 Chawton
0:55 Edward Austen Knight
1:35 Moving in
2:15 Courtyard
2:36 Garden
4:21 Kitchen
5:58 Drawing Room
8:34 Vestibule
9:02 Dining Room
9:42 Famous Writing Desk
11:01 Staircase
11:29 Austen Family Room
13:18 Jane Austen Bedroom
14:41 Dressing Room
15:50 Admirals Room
17:07 Personal Possessions
18:40 Legacy
19:08 Letters
19:32 Utility Room
19:55 BakeHouse
20:36 Donkey Cart
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I very much appreciated it. I read my first Jane Austen book, Pride and Prejudice, when I was 16 years old and now, at 71, I still enjoy it.
And now you know a little more about her personally as well. Glad you liked the video.
Brings back memories, l have lived in ltaly for many years now, but l did my 0 levels in English on Pride and Prejudice and continue to teach Jane's books to ltalian students, hope to visit this enchanting place one day!!
Same here!
Same!
@@caroliacobini5109 I read Pride and Prejudice 20 years ago and I have it in 3 languages, including english. I loooove it! Hope Jane is in Paradise 'cose her writings are so pure....
I do love how a "modest cottage" in Austens time is now considered a MANSION :D
🤣👍
He’s just calling it a modest cottage in comparison to her brother’s mansion next door.
yep we are going backwards
I know right?! Her books have so many “poor” rich families.
Having read all her books I was curious about the term cottage until by chance I find a book solely about cottage which is not what we imagine today .In Sense and Sensibility novel, we made sense that a cottage was more like other modest place owned by the peers/wealthy , like vacation home in the country or near the sea
I like how that simple, small table is where she wrote her novels. Goes to show we may not need much to produce great things.
very true! ☺
Hi pretty how are you doing today? You look charming and beautiful
@Shri Pashupatinaath Well, not much in the way of material things!
So true.
@Dawn H - Not need much...? You mean in terms of furniture, I hope, 'cause a brain like Jane Austen's hasn't yet surfaced after 200 yrs...!
I love it how Jane's mother, sister and friend did all the housework and allowed her to just focus on her writing.
*Jane's home had a vibe of calmness and gentleness. It's sad that she died so young.*
Terribly sad.
How are you doing?😊
How young was she
@@bogeythedog163 she was 41
@@Peneyasmin123 very young indeed. thank you.
The only thing I know about Jane Austen is her books, and that she never married, and that she died rather young.
But she was a GENIUS. Her insight into character is excellent. The life lessons she wrote about are incredibly helpful to young people. I say they are a must-read for high-school students.
Her books are wasted on high school students. It takes some real life experience to begin to appreciate the level of mastery they contain.
You should read one of her biographies. Her family faced many challenges. And she did have some romance in her life.
@@simonestreeter1518 Reading a classic trains your brain. It's very good for you! You should reread the book in later life of course
@@lazyhomebody1356 You're right! I can remember almost feeling how reading her long sentences joined by semicolons and filled with (now) antiquated grammar did physically re-train my brain. Now I'm appreciating the subtlety of her allusions and juxtapositions in "Emma."
@@simonestreeter1518 I reread Persuasion and Emma this month! I hadn't read Emma in many years and I did appreciate the writing more this time. Apparently her style is perfection in logic, or so say Rex Stout and Henry James. My favorite is Sense and Sensibility. I love how Jane makes fun of the artistic temperment
The tiny writing table reminds me of something I saw at Mark Twain's home in Hartford, CT. On the top (third) floor of the house is a large billiards room which doubled as Twain's study. At one end of the room there is a large formal desk. In the wall just behind it is a small window, and next to this is a small (not quite as small as Jane's) table where Twain chose to do his writing. It seemed so odd; he was within arm's reach of a large, comfortable desk, yet he chose to write at what amounted to a child's desk next to the window.
I know it is strange. I think in Jane's case she was being secretive about her writing and so if disturbed could quickly adjust her papers, I guess?
Jane Austen has always been one of my fav authors. Although I'm 18 yet unlike my other gen z fellows, I'm a forever old soul. I distinctly remember when I was in grade 7, we had Pride and Prejudice as a part of our syllabus and majority of my classmates hated reading it due to the usage of weighty English words which undoubtedly seemed a bit difficult to learn especially being non native English speakers. But on the other hand, I was so fascinated to know about the novel and even if I had the similar obstacle with mastering those heavy words, I managed to get through it with my passion and interest. And now here I'm, still an admirer of the Regency Era and everything classic with Jane Austen being my fav author since the 7th grade. It's indeed such a pleasure to have a look of my fav author's house and at least have a blurry imagination of what life might've been during her time! Thanks a ton for sharing this wonderful video!🤍 much love from India!!
Thank you for the comment, so nice to read how Jane Austen has inspired and fascinated you. We are so happy to have been able to share our visit to the house with you. All the best.
@@MemorySeekersomg! thank-you so much for the reply, really! Hope you've an amazing day!🌻💛
I have enjoyed this trip down memory lane. I visited Chawton with members of my family on a bitterly cold day in December 1995 and bought a copy of Mansfield Park. Earlier the same day, we had visited Jane's grave in Winchester Cathedral.
You are very welcome, glad it brought back some good memories. Must have been a wonderful day.
I appreciate how these English people preserve The Jane Austen House and turned it into a beautiful museum . Its unfortunate that I missed this tour in my visit to Britain.
Maybe a reason to come back!
This was better than any TV production. You showed everything in detail and the commentary was excellent and very interesting. Thankyou
Too kind thank you made us smile 😊
Wait, this is not a TV production? I thought it was!!!
Absolutely agree!
Hi pretty how are you doing today? You look charming and beautiful
Jane is an author whom i enjoy revisiting, much like an old friend.
I was so privileged to be able to visit Jane’s home a few years ago. What a lovely setting and beautiful home. If you do visit, make certain you take tea across the street at Cassandras Cup.
It did look nice, but was only offering a takeaway service during our visit during Covid restrictions. We’ll be back though, who doesn’t love a cream tea!?
Beautiful. I didn't know Miss Austen's house could be visited. The museum did a great job recreating and preserving its assets. I love the 18th and 19th century. Thank you for taking us on this tour. Wish I could go there myself.
You’re welcome, glad you enjoyed the video. Did you see our film about Jane’s life from her birth, her time spent in the beautiful city of Bath and her death in Winchester?
Jane's Pride n Prejudice is still my best favourite Novel till date ❤️👍
Such a large talent written on such a small table. Thank you.
Indeed.
How wonderful to see Austen's home, especially her writing desk. Thank you for the video.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. Did you see that we have 2 other Jane Austen videos about her life?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in need of a wife.....
How can I forget Pride and Prejudice...
How can ANYONE...in his/her right state of mind...?
It is a truth generally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a large wife must be in want of a fortune.
With your soothing clear voice, the old Century classical music and great editing I feel like I am there, back in time.
Love your channel. Thank you
Thanks so much Abi, glad you enjoyed watching. We had great fun making the mini series.
Preserving her things in such care and detail is magnificent
Jane Austen is my favorite author. Her characters and the places she writes about verily come alive in my mind. A kind of movie is created in my head when I read her novels. She writes about love so exquisitely, it’s hard to believe she never married. But I guess that was because you had to have money to make a good match, just as she writes about. She had such a fine mind, I am sure she would not have just “settled” just for the sake of marriage I just adore her.
Thank you for your thoughts on Jane, glad we could show you her home.
Pride and Prejudice was one of my A-Level set texts. As a local studying at Alton College it was very special to be able to easily visit Chawton and bring the story even more to life.
How lovely, great part of the country
i would pay millions if i got for that precious desk .
amazing truly amazing
"Emma", "Sense and sensibility" and "Persuade" - my forever favourites ❤ Jane Austen was genius unforgivably underrated by her coevals.
Thank you so much for this tour! Your videos make me "feel" the places you visit, the presence of its inhabitants. All the rooms feel alive, as if we're merely strolling through them while their occupants are on a walk.
Deeply stirred by the writing table. All that feeling, thought and wonder emanated from that little table. It's moving to consider.
My admire is jane austen.
Even though I am south Korean.
When I visited a chawton house four years ago.
It was amazing experience to me.
Because l felt little bit her feeling in there.
And l appreciated small garden. I set on a bench a little, I imagined her life.
I strongly recommed visit there.
Thanks seekmemory.
My favorite UA-cam channel.
Thanks for sharing, so glad you were able to visit.
Благодарю за прекрасную экскурсию, было очень интересно и познавательно.
I was so in awe of this, I watched it a few times so as not to miss one single detail. Love Jane Austin and her fantastic imagination.
Glad you enjoyed it that much you needed to come back for more :)
Being a foreigner who has been living in England for years, I’m still a lover of some of English writers, Dickens and Jane Austen are my favourite and I’ve read most their work. What a wonderful video that can help me understand Austen’s life. Thanks for these wonderful videos.
Thank you for watching.
Jane Eyre, omg you are an author to right.
As a Austen fan... I'm so overwhelmed...thank you thank you so much for this video ❤️❤️
Thanks for your kind comment! Glad you enjoyed this video. Make sure to check out our other Austen videos :)
It feels like being there, walking in the garden, stepping into the rooms and breathing the simple, calm and familiar atmosphere of the period. THANK YOU for thos lovely tour. Greetings from Italy
Glad tou liked the tour and how we presented it.
That was Amazing. Jane Austin is one Amazing, Brilliant, Strong, Independent Woman. I wish I could of known her in real life, but I only know her through her books. Books that I can read 100 time and never get tired of them. ❤❤❤
I have read all of her books numerous times. It was interesting visiting her home and seeing how she lived. I think she had a good life. Thank you for your presentation of her home. Very well received.
Hi Patty, thank you for the lovely comment. Glad you liked it. Did you see that we have 3 videos in the series, so if you haven't already there is more to watch and learn. 😊
I read Emma and of course Pride and Prejudice and some of the pages copied by hand, so as to practice spelling and grammar. About 200 pages of each. Still look forward to Mansfield park
I'm from Saudi Arabia and I have been her fan since early age. She had the biggest impact on my life. One day no matter how old I will be, I will visit her home.. I will. Thank you for sharing this amazing trip with us.
Hello and greetings from London. So glad you enjoyed the tour and we really do hope you make it happen and find yourself in her home.
I have been to this house. It is perfectly proportioned to feel good living there.
Can you imagine what Jane would say about her celebrity today? Her writing is timeless.
.. that was so interesting, and well presented.. Your videos are really very good.. A soothing voice with just enough facts..
Well, that was very nice to read, thank you so much for the kind words. Glad you are enjoying the videos. Had a great deal of fun and learned a lot along the way about Jane Austen and her life. More to come :)
Yes, I would agree. But edit out the mask appearance, because it reflects the human stupidity of this society. It doesn't belong here.
@@seanleith5312
Oh, but the Austen family would have known only too well about virus and disease; I’m sure they would have readily embraced masks, or anything else, if their benefits had been known and available to them.
@@jeancairns1825 Good point！
I am in Australia Victoria and it was a Lovely video of Jane Austen and i love all the old wares and growing up on a Orchard in Donvale we had same clothesline.Plus there was an old shed with Beautiffull Pictures in it plus other things but i was too young to realize they would be worth a bit and i think when Dad had to sell the orchard as of a nassive Hail storm wrecked the fruit and dad took everything to the tip as he was unaware what they were all about i did not know then and now as a grown woman i realize the value of things Beautifull of yestayear.
What I like best about this video is the level of intimacy and attention to detail. You can see the objects up close, something you can't get from other documentaries or features of such nature. I thought it was going to be just another one of them but it surprisingly offers a bit more than the run off the mill or what was initially expected. Thank you for this. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Thank you for your kind words, glad we were a bit different. All the best.
Remarkable presentation of famous writer.
Ah thank you so much 😊
What a lovely town this is. It’s just what I pictured she would live in. This area is so beautiful. I could live here & be totally content.❣️Thank you for this tour.
Hope you are able to visit someday, you cannot beat a real tour.
I’ve visited here a few times with my hubby and children. It’s a wonderful place to visit.
We agree! Hope it brought back some good memories. It really is a great museum giving a wonderful insight into her life.
@@MemorySeekers it did bring back wonderful memories. Thank you so much 😊
Makes me think of the cottage in the movie with Colin firth! Elizabeth family home! Love this
Muito grata por essa matéria. Ela foi é continuará emocionando gerações. E fazendo sonhar com o amor é dias melhores.👄
I love the place, a gothic architecture surrounded with flora and a touch of fauna,.. an inspiration for art and nature lovers,....it's so beautiful 🥰
I love Britain, I love UK,...keep safe out there lads,...I'm from the Philippines and I love you all 💖
Thanks for your comment, we love the beautiful Philippines islands!
💐Thank you! Wholeheartedly enjoyed your presentation on Jane Austen's Hampshire home.
😃This was a pleasant tour. Touching to see some of the objects she loved & used in daily life as well as the examples of the writings, recipes, and costumes of the period.
🤔 I can just imagine her staring out the window and writing away on her on that quirky side table. How she could create such masterpieces with the hustle & bustle of her whole household is beyond me.
🥰I am so grateful she applied her imagination, sharp wits, and humor to perfectly capture the drama and manners of her day.
😱Too bad it was so shocking for a woman to become an author in those times. Let alone make any 💲earnings from it. The publishers (and the circumstances) surely robbed her of her full honor (inclu. proper recompense 💷 & respect) in her lifetime.
✒️What a remarkable artist. Her work remains a true treasure. Too bad she didn't know how ❤️beloved her
📚novels & 📺TV/film🎬 adaptations would become to the world🌍❣️
💚 Bridget from Cali ☘️
(using my pal's YT acct)
Thankyou for the lovely comment, I am very glad that you enjoyed the tour so much.
Just found your videos and I am loving them. We are planning a trip to the UK next year and a number of these places are on our list of must sees so its lovely to have a sneek peek before we go!
We have lots of ideas for you, hope you have a wonderful trip and feel free to ask for any advice.
Fascinating! So much history. Added to my bucket list 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is so romantic in it's simplicity. Well done 👍. I came across this video accidentally but, so glad I watched it. Perfect presentation. Thank you.
Thank you! 😊
Exceedingly well done! Jane Austen is my favourite novelist. I enjoyed this tour so much. Thank you!🇨🇦
Hello, thank you so much, really nice to get good feedback.
Thank you. It’s been many years since I visited Chawton Cottage and the curators have refined the exhibits since and it’s lovely to see.
This was my first time but having looked back to past photos and videos I agree they really do present it well now.
@@MemorySeekers I didn’t mean my observation as a criticism. Museum displays in general have improved over the years to be more interactive. I’m hoping I will be able to visit again from Australia but goodness knows when 🤔
@@goldenineke I didn't take it as a criticism :) Hope you get to visit soon.
Great speaking voice . Well done , thank you.
Thank you glad you liked it.
Thank you very much as I have loved reading my Jane Austen books in the past. I have not visited her home on my travels to UK so your walk through took me back in time to 18th and 19th century to Jane’s family life in those days. This excellent video has inspired me to now reread my Jane Austen books.
You are so welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Lovely to hear. 😀
Jane Austen is one of my favorite novelists. Her novels in my collections are Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice (my favorite Novel),Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion. Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's recurring themes of manners and morality, rank and responsibility, vice and virtue widely regarded as one of her mature masterpieces, it's my another favorite .May Her Soul Rest in Peace!
Hello lovely to hear from you, do you plan to get Northanger Abbey?
In these times when traveling is resticted, your vlogs are really wonderfull. Can't wait to go there myself. Thank you
Our pleasure Karen, our videos are designed to inspire you to visit . It's a wonderful place, hope you make it there.
It looks really nice. When you see the drawing room, you can see how people socialize and friends hung out at the time; writing things, playing piano, probably having some drink at the table or play cards and spend their time in a very relaxed manner compared to how we spend time with the close ones today. I am stating obvious but it would be really nice if you arrange those furniture with a quiet heater - even a cheap panel heater would work - to make the space similar to this room and spend time for yourself alone or having your friends over with a no-phones rule. It wouldn't have to be big like this but you would need an extra space.
Breathtakingly beautiful! 💗 Love Jane Austen’s life & writing ✍️
Thank you glad you liked it.
We couldn’t travel since last year but this makes me feel so happy. Love everything about. Feels like time travel!
Thank you for watching. Glad you liked it.
Very interesting video. I like to tour the homes of famous writers. I'm American so I've been to the homes of Herman Melville (Pittsfield, MA), where he lived when writing Moby Dick, and Thomas Wolf (Asheville, NC), where his mother ran the boarding house he wrote about in his books. I didn't know where writers lived when I went to England. If I had known, I would have tried to check them out, particularly Austen. I've read all of her novels many times, seen many movies made from them, and so on. She is an amazing observer of human nature and she obviously had a wicked sense of humor.
Hopefully you’ll get a chance to visit in the near future!
William Wordsworths cottage. Lord Byron’s great house Keats Yates so many to visit . Even Beatrix Potters. House so charming. Not forgetting The Brontes house CharlesDickens and hundreds of others. William Rushton. Shakespeare’s . Vita sackville West. Laurie Lee cider with Rosie is. Must read. His house is delightful. Rudyard Kipling and more
Enjoyable Story his voice is nice !and presents the story well !he keeps you engaged keeps it intresting ..
Thank you 🙏 glad you enjoyed my narration.
Very interesting. Thank You nice learn true story life of Jane Austen. Thank you 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi pretty how are you doing today? You look charming and beautiful
Very...very beautiful!!
Thank's for the trip to
Jane Austen's house!
Very welcome
Hi pretty how are you doing today? You look charming and beautiful
I imagine it gets very crowded in non pandemic times so it was lovely to see a clear and uninterrupted view. Thank you. My fave book is persuasion. Underrated but the best,!!
Yes I would think it does. In fact I was one of the first people back in on the first day it opened after the second lockdown. It was a lovely experience to get in and have virtually no one around. It was like that when we did Charles Dickens House back in December just before the lockdown.
Good strategy!
I always loved Jane Austen's books; they made me smile. I particularly remember watching 'Pride & Prejudice' with my late mother who was an excellent pianist. It was the scene where Lady Catherine de Bourgh states she would have been a great proficient on the piano - had she ever learned. Mum laughed herself silly, considering all the years of practice and exams she had undertaken in her life. Thank you so much for another video. I enjoy them immensely. From Australia.
Thank you for sharing your family story, so pleased it stirred the memories. Thank you for watching 😊
Enjoyed it very much. Hope to see more such beautiful videos that take us to the times of great writers
Hello thank you glad you enjoyed the videos on Jane. I am sure we will feature some more in the future on other writers, inbetween our other travel guides.
I love all her books. What a wonderful tour. I thank you for this. Such keepsake memories you have here. Nothing would make me happier than to see all this in person. Their life was so much work that had to be done then. ✨
Thank you for the wonderful video. I'm "touring" England right now through VR and visited Chawton but wasn't able to go inside the house - the images just showed the outside. Thanks to your video my 'tour' was complete. I teared up when you showed her simple writing desk. To think of the wonderful stories she came up with - BY HAND - at that little table. Amazing.
Every single year i read "Pride and Prejudice"...and never get tired of it.......For me its the greatest Love Story ever written
I love your vlogs. The detail and descriptions are astounding! It’s just like being part of a tour group. Verbally your voice is very soothing and you don’t miss a beat. You both create very interesting and informative vlogs. Thank you. It’s fun and relaxing to watch on the weekends or evenings.
So kind and lovely to read your comment. Thank you makes it so worth while doing. We had such fun learning about Jane and her life.
That was fantastic!! What a fabulous tour! Thank you so much from Alberta, Canada!🇨🇦
Thanks so much for your kind words!
Did you watch our video about Jane’s life from birth to death? You may enjoy that one too. Let us know what you think!
Best wishes to you in gorgeous Alberta
What a wonderful video, thank you. It felt so warm and personal; as if we were there with you. Good balance of photography, music and information.
Our pleasure! Thanks for watching.
Such a uncomplicated time to have lived! Just a lovely, genteel era!
Thank for this great video. I appreciate your hours of work to bring them to the world.
You’re very welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
We have lots more similar videos on the channel, so we invite you to enjoy those too! Thanks for your kind words
The times were far from uncomplicated. Jane's razor sharp social observations make it quite clear how oppressive, hypocritical and limiting she found the plethora of rules, class divisions, gender roles and the stultifying system of etiquette which dictated every moment of every person's day and set the direction of one's life from cradle to grave.
not talking about deadly sicknesses without cure, high infant and mother mortality, lack of basic surgical solutions (breaking a limb often meant amputation), just to name the medical field. Then, the majority of people even in England lived in dire poverty, in unsanitary conditions, worked 12-14 hours a day (hard, physical labour) without any machines to help daily life. I don’t want to go on. It was everything but a party in silk dresses.
But yes, I also love the 19th century and the clothes and lots of things about it- and it’s lovely to dream. But I appreciate running warm water and flushing toilets and medical knowledge and higher living standards for more people- although we have way to go still if we want to extend that to everyone.
Surely, Jane Austen’s books are great and let’s love the things which were great then : hand-made, high quality clothing and apparel, time and appreciation for classical music, poetry and literature, social gatherings instead of social media (and add what you like) 🙂
Visited this house a number of times when I was a child. Beautiful.
She and my friend ‘s high school brought me to Winchester. What a small and beautiful town.
Hi pretty how are you doing today? You look charming and beautiful
I love Jane Austen. Pride and prejudice was a text book in my English class. My teacher just like Mrs. Bennett.
All the class fell in love with this book and ever since I have been enthralled with Jane Austen.
Love every bit of this video.
Спасибо за прекрасную и познавательную экскурсию! С какой любовью представлены экспонаты музея и как бережно сохранены предметы быта старой доброй Англии! Джейн Остин, оказывается, ещё и прекрасная рукодельница, её лоскутное одеяло и накидка из муслина завораживают. С любовью from Russia!
Привет, спасибо за прекрасный комментарий. Так рада, что вам понравилось видео и вы узнали о Джейн Остин. Поищите другие наши видео. Спасибо.
This is lovely, thank you. And, yes, I agree about the table! I'm astonished. I recognise names from the novels ... and can hear quotes from the movies.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. We have 2 other videos about Jane’s life for you to enjoy too, hope you like them as well
This is so lovely and interesting! I’m so glad it was recommended to me! I’ll never be able to visit myself, I’m sure, and this really was as good as being there, from my point of view! Austen has provided hours and hours of enjoyment for decades now....my mother went to England when I was a university student and brought me a copy of “Persuasion” for fun, and I read it to shreds, lol!
We are so glad you enjoyed the tour and finding out a bit more about Jane and her life. It was a pleasure to make.
I have read many of her books, but The Pride and Prejudice was my favourite. That was one of the books we had to read at school. I miss the English countryside.
What a beautiful home they had! And interesting about her brother and his inheritance. Lovely video, thanks.
Thanks for watching
She is one of my favourite and Pride and Prejudice being the most I loved among her works. It was amazing watching this video. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing, glad you enjoyed the tour!
The narration, the music, the cinematography - all perfect! Thank you for this delightful video. ❤
Thank you!
Excellent presentation. As a former museum educator, I appreciate the effort to share with much clarity culminating in an enhanced view of this great woman. Kudos!
What kind words, thank you so much, really makes all the effort worthwhile.
A fascinating look at the lives of these dear old souls who are a part of our heritage. I am very interested in that era.
Quite a serene view of Jane Austin’ s home, and I wouldn’t say it’s modest for it’s time! Perhaps not grandiose but marvelous. Love the wallpaper, quilts and period clothes. The house feels much like my grandparents rural home in Kansas although this Austin home is obviously still much earlier time period (my grandmother died 20 years ago would be ~ 120 today) but the quiet environment and lack of modern features like bathrooms, central heating & AC & water added on later are are hallmarks of a distinctly different era. My grandparents had small upstairs porches for outdoor sleeping in the summer, a porch outside the first floor kitchen where the water well was handy. Enjoyed the video immensely thanks.
Hi Deborah,
Love the sound of your grandparents home, sounds gorgeous!
Thanks for your kind comment, glad you enjoyed the video, hope you like the other Jane Austen videos on our channel too.
@@MemorySeekers wow thanks! Your video brought those memories to mind from my very early child hood visits (there were only a few) to my grandparents home where my Mom apparently didn’t live there until HS so only she and her sister lived in the house I remember (3 older brother were out of home by then). Both Jane Austin’s lifestyle and my grandmother’s (no running water until age 13) connected in my imagination. So thanks for that:)
Excellent tour. We went about 10 years ago and your video brought back so many delightful memories. My husband took a picture of the large desk, thinking that it was Jane's. Luckily, our adult daughter who was traveling with us took the correct picture of the small writing desk, which I treasure.
It is hard to believe she managed most of her writing on that desk. Pleased it brought back memories of your visit.
I can't remember how old i was when i did Pride & Prejudice in school for literature, probably around 13. I fell in love with both Miss Elizabeth Bennet & Mr F. Darcy. P&P was my first romance novel & my all time favourite book. Decades have passed, things happened & here it is, STILL my all time favorite.
And then i caught P&P 1995. OMG! I fell in love with EB & FD all over again. Both Jennifer Ehle & Colin Firth did such remarkable jobs. Wow! Now i hv actual faces instead of cardbord figures, LOL!
I wish i knew i could visit Jane Auten's home when I visited GB in the early 1990s. I wd hv asked my friend to include a visit. So sad. :( Anyway, i ordered all 6 novels recently, and am resolved to read all 6 novels no matter how long they take me.
Thank you so much for the tour.
Thank you for sharing a lovely comment. Maybe one day you will make it back to the U.K. and can visit the house. So pleased you enjoyed the tour. All the best
Modest cottage? Her home is both exquisite, huge, and beyond all my expectations. Also, her home away from home was the equivalent of a beautiful palace or museum. She had her laundry done for her so she could write or perhaps wander in the gardens? For some reason I had thought she was more of a typical person….. wow! Was I mistaken. Great museum tour however. Very respectfully done. I actually felt like I was there. Thank you for your efforts!
To think that all those great literary masterpieces were created on that little rickety table!
Yes indeed, I believe she did have a little portable writing desk as well. Not sure if that still exists somewhere, but its not in this house.
Everything looks so modern-it’s amazing!
the way how the video is done is just amazing: nice voice, background music and of course the content itself - nice work - thanks a lot!!!!
Thank you so much lovely to hear. 😊
Haha I love this. The spoons reminded me of when I helped polish my grandmother Greeleafs silver set.
Well that's a nice memory to have, glad the video reminded you.
Thank you for this lovely visit to Jane’s house. We visited a few years ago and loved it.I would love to return one day. The picture that was supposed to be Jane was one of her nieces, but otherwise this was a well informed show.
Hello Ann thanks for the lovely comment. Yes I have only just been made aware of the mistake. So annoying as I try to make sure everything is correct. Sometimes things are right in front of you and you don’t notice it. I will put a note in the description. Thank you.
I love Austen . I am reading Emma at present . I really love her description of characters and the warm chatty , gossipy way of writing she had . As it she was the reader was her best friend and she just has to tell her some thing interesting . Her house was rented and quite humble . Another reason why I like her. And that cat would get more than a stroke from me. Time to give the cat a cuddle.
What a charming programme, thank you.
Thankyou. A very informative video, and great camera work. Showed alot of things up close, with lots of detail. Great commentary too. From someone from across the other side of the world, this gave me a real sense of being there in person. Greetings from Melbourne, Australia.
Greetings from London glad you enjoyed the tour and thank you for your lovely words. Best regards.
Marvelous lively and vivid description of a great lady filmed with devotion that immortalised her. 21:37 duration video earned me an asset and I traveled in the past to seek memories. I highly appreciate you endeavor.
Thank you Abdul glad it took you back in time and you enjoyed it! 😁
Such a wonderful video....The Attention to detail is impeccable. Thank you so much for creating this work of visual art
Thank you so kind.
Imagine that from that small round table was launched some of the world’s literary masterpieces. It puts me to shame thinking what has been achieved from my desk 2-3x that size. 😞
Well, she kept trying over many years and whilst sadly that success did not come until after her death she did make it in the end. So just have to keep putting pen to paper you never know when it might happen for you. 😊
@@MemorySeekers Sorry, but you seem to have got your facts wrong. JA achieved a certain success with her very first publication Sense & Sensibility in 1811 and P &P in 1813 pushed her to the height of popularity so that even the national hero Sir Walter Scott publicly expressed his admiration for her writing. Of course, her popularity continued to rise greatly thru' the years and will continue to do so... HOWEVER...this does not mean that your video is not fantastic - a real treat for all JA fans who, for whatever reasons, have not had the occasion to go there in person. Congratulations!
Quickly added to my list of places to visit 🤣 I absolutely adore Jane Austen's work!
I hope you can start ticking off that bucket list again soon!
@@MemorySeekers thank you so much for your kind words. I'm indebted to you for posting such amazing content. I wish I had found this channel sooner ❤ love from Watford x