In 15-minute film contributions from a German-language television series, Tilmann Spengler introduces the culture-loving viewer to the life and work of important writers and authors from all eras. One of the ladies he honors as a "classic of world literature" is the British author of "Pride and Prejudice" (to name her most famous work):
* JANE AUSTEN (1775 to 1817).
The contribution (in German) can be found in the ARD media library at the following link:
ardmediathek.de/video/klassiker-der-weltliteratur/jane-austen-stolz-und-vorurteil/ard-alpha/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvL2NiOGJhYTI3LTkxYzMtNDRiNi05NjNlLTRlYzg2NDNmY2E5Ng

Translated by Google •

Kit P

August 16, 2021

Known throughout the world as one of the most important English-language writers of all time, Jane Austen was a pioneer in literature and her six completed novels are still cherished and widely read today. This stunning house in Chawton was her home during the last eight years of her life alongside her sister Cassandra, their mother, and a friend.

Part of the Chawton Estate was owned by Jane's brother Edward, but the house was purchased in the 1940s by Mr T. E. Carpenter. He turned it into a museum to Austen and a memorial to his son Phillip, who was killed during the Second World War.

You can visit the house, restored to an interior in keeping with Austen's era, and see how she would have lived. The building is Grade-I listed and contains a fascinating collection of Austen's belongings.

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