I jumped at the chance to visit Jane Austen's House with the KCWC. I shared a cab with TJ and a colleague as they headed to an early morning meeting, and I then boarded a bus that would take us down to the house.
We first visited
Chawton House, where Jane's brother and family lived. We heard the story about how her brother was adopted by a childless Aunt and Uncle and thus inherited a prosperous new lifestyle that enabled him to buy his sisters (Jane included) their own house - thus allowing Jane to devote herself to writing. A very uncommon luxury in the early 19th century.
Chawton house was in desperate need of repair in the 1990's. With a fascinating tie to Northern California, the co-founder of Cisco (Sandra Lermer) bought the house without seeing it, restored it and has turned it into The Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing, 1600-1830.
In Jane's house we learned how her sister took care of the main day duties, so that Jane had the time to write. We saw her desk, positioned next to the window at which they believed she liked to write.
Everyone needs people in their lives who help you focus, help you devote yourself to your passions. I loved learning about Jane's brother and sister, and how the tech boom has helped celebrate women writers.
I jumped at the chance to visit Jane Austen's House with the KCWC. I shared a cab with TJ and a colleague as they headed to an early morning meeting, and I then boarded a bus that would take us down to the house.
We first visited Chawton House, where Jane's brother and family lived. We heard the story about how her brother was adopted by a childless Aunt and Uncle and thus inherited a prosperous new lifestyle that enabled him to buy his sisters (Jane included) their own house - thus allowing Jane to devote herself to writing. A very uncommon luxury in the early 19th century.
Chawton house was in desperate need of repair in the 1990's. With a fascinating tie to Northern California, the co-founder of Cisco (Sandra Lermer) bought the house without seeing it, restored it and has turned it into The Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing, 1600-1830.
In Jane's house we learned how her sister took care of the main day duties, so that Jane had the time to write. We saw her desk, positioned next to the window at which they believed she liked to write.
Everyone needs people in their lives who help you focus, help you devote yourself to your passions. I loved learning about Jane's brother and sister, and how the tech boom has helped celebrate women writers.
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