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Alyssa Hollingsworth | November 3, 2015

Winchester and Chawton (Jane Austen)

Jane Austen is buried in the beautiful Winchester Cathedral, under a simple grave marker that says nothing about her life as a writer. Pay your respects here, and maybe leave some flowers. (Incidentally, Winchester is also home to some of the best evensong performances in the country, and if you are about in the evening it is well worth staying for the music.)

Jane Austen’s House Museum is (predictably) located in the cottage where Jane Austen lived in Chawton from 1809 to 1817. Local buses run regularly from Winchester to this small village. Just let the driver know where you’re trying to get to, and you’ll make it all right.

Jane Austen’s House Museum is my favorite place of the (many, many) Jane Austen-centric attractions I’ve visited. It is arranged as it was when Jane, her sister Cassandra, and their mother lived in the house. Interesting facts about her family are displayed, along with awesome artifacts like Jane Austen’s writing table. Everything is quaint and pretty, and it’s easy to see how the space was an inspiration to her as she wrote and revised her novels.

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