Jane austen was born in the hampshire village of steventon, where her father, the reverend george austen, was rector. Key to glossons exploration of austen fans is the notion that all of these activities, whether. Steventon, hampshire, england, the town that gave jane austen to the world. This brilliant comic novelist was very much a product of her village, and of her large, loving family. In 1801 however, george austen resigned his living in steventon abruptly, and took his wife and two daughters to bath. Volunteers excavated the field in steventon in the hampshire countryside in 2011 where the villages old rectory once stood.
Born the seventh child of the rector of steventon, hampshire, on more about jane austen. Every janeite has heard of this sleepy little village in hampshire and the parsonage in which jane lived over half her life. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading first impressions. Steventon is a rural village with a population of about 250 in north hampshire, england. The site identification of priory cottages, steventon, oxfordshire. A novel of old books, unexpected love, and jane austen. Austen was born in steventon, hampshire, england on december 16, 1775 to george austen, a rector, and cassandra austen. Charles dickens, the author famous for his books david copperfield and nicholas. She also has another gift, the unique ability of seeing people and places of another time. Steventon, a parish in hants, 3 miles from oakley station on the l. Jane austen biography cliffsnotes study guides book. Her personal life suffered setbacks during this period, also. Her fathers parsonage at steventon in hampshire gave jane her love of.
Steventon is recorded as a manor feudal lordship in the domesday book a comprehensive record of the extent, value and ownership of the land made in 1086 by order of king william i. History of steventon, in basingstoke and deane and. It had a recorded population of 16 households in 1086. Steventon, hampshire genealogy heraldry and history. She was the second daughter and seventh child in a family of eightsix boys and two girls. Best jane austen books of all time from emma to sanditon. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. The rectory or parsonage was one home in the small country parish. With three vital and less familiar works by one of the most important novelists in the english language, this book is a musthave for austen fans. The village of steventon is best known as the birthplace of the author jane austen, who lived in the village from 1775 to 1801, after which she moved to bath. Steventon is recorded as a manor in the domesday book 1086, and there was certainly a manor here in saxon times, which may have been in existence for several hundred years.
Sanditon and other stories by jane austen, paperback. Jane austen, born december 16, 1775, steventon, hampshire, englanddied july 18, 1817, winchester, hampshire, english writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life. She would visit the leighs and knights, meet the leighperrots in bath and. A novel of old books, unexpected love, and jane austen kindle edition by lovett, charlie. See hampshire history posts about jane austens life in chawton hampshire and her death in winchester in 1817. The austen family lived in the rectory in steventon, near basingstoke, from 1775 to 1801, where the writer began three of her novels. Steventon, in a history of the county of hampshire. They also include portraits of the digweed family, who were among the austen familys nearest neighbours in steventon, hampshire. As with chawton, i traveled through narrow lanes to st. Full bibliography of books subject index go to bibliography of articles and dissertations. Following the death of her father in 1805, jane, her mother and sister moved several times before settling in chawton, near steventon. Jane austen was an english georgian era novelist whose books, set among the english middle and upper classes, are notable for their wit, social observation and insights into the lives of early 19th century women.
Steventon is set in a small hampshire valley about five miles south west of basingstoke, the nearest large town. Having grown up in the village of steventon in hampshire, jane moved with her parents and sister, cassandra, to bath in 1801, at the age of 25. The seventh child and second daughter of cassandra and george austen, jane austen was born on december 16, 1775, in steventon, hampshire, england. Jane austens childhood home steventon rectory was torn down long ago, but some things never change in the english countryside. Heres everything you need to know about the authors life and the best jane austen books to read now. Overton, hampshire project gutenberg selfpublishing. Hampshire in 1775 to parents george, a clergyman, and cassandra. However, there is no mention of a church there, although churches were recorded at the nearby villages of ashe and deane.
This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Steventon gave birth to a novelist who captured the essence of a stratum of life in her contemporary world. There are three books of registers, the first containing baptisms, burials and. Steventon was a settlement in domesday book, in the hundred of basingstoke and the county of hampshire.
Throughout her life jane remained very close to her only sister, cassandra. Jane austen was born on december 16, 1773, in the english village of steventon, hampshire. Her father was a pastor and a popular figure in town. After the death of janes father in 1805 jane, her sister cassandra. Pride and prejudice the steventon way steventon goes west. Her closest companion throughout her life was her elder sister, cassandra. The pleasant countryside life of steventon gave jane the material for her novels sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice, and northanger abbey. Project darcy is a charming story about five modern day friends taking part in an archaeological dig at steventon, the home of jane austen. English novelist, born on the 16th of december 1775 at the parsonage of steventon, in hampshire, a village of which her father, the rev. Jane austen was born in steventon, hampshire, england on dec. Jane austen at steventon vch explore victoria county history. Remains of jane austens steventon home unearthed bbc news.
Unlocking secrets from jane austens steventon home bbc news. She was the daughter of a clergyman and her mother had aristocratic connections to the leigh family of the stoneleigh estate in warwickshire. Jane socialised within north hampshire society attending balls at hurstbourne park. The most sprightly and satirical of austens novels, northanger abbey was written when the author was herself in her early twenties, and takes for its heroine seventeenyearold catherine morland, a spirited young woman preoccupied with the pleasures of dressing, dancing, and reading sensational novels. At the time of doomsday there is no mention of a church at steventon although churches were recorded at the nearby villages of ashe and deane.
Steventon in hampshire seems such an unlikely place to have delivered to the world one of our finest georgian writers but a stroll down the lane from the church towards the site of the old rectory where jane austen was born, makes it entirely right. Jane austen was born on 16 december 1775 in steventon, hampshire. Situated in the chalk hills of north hants, about seven miles from basingstoke. Jane austen was born on december 16, 1775 at steventon, hampshire, near basingstoke. Chronicling the print history of a classic author through the nineteenth century could be a very dry enterprise and more scholarly than the general reader could fathom. Volunteers excavated the field in steventon in the hampshire countryside. The book introduces her parents and seven siblings, and offers interesting. Jane austen was born in steventon, hampshire in 1775 to a. Steventon is best known as the birthplace of the author jane austen. Go to an index of allusions to books and authors in jane austens writings.
Overton is a large village and parish in hampshire, england located west of the town of basingstoke, and east of andover and whitchurch. She was one of eight children of a clergyman and grew up in a closeknit family. The smaller village of quidhampton lies to the north of the village. Steventon, hampshire click on the map for other historical maps of this place. This resulted in the publication of his second book, steventon jane. Ellie bentley is a talented artist and watercolorist. The understated presentation of this beautiful corner of hampshire delivers, for the austen lover a tantalizing glimpse of her life. Jane austen was born on 16 december 1775 in the village of steventon in hampshire. Despite writing a multitude of romantic novels, jane never married. She was born on december 16th 1775 in the village of steventon nr. Born the seventh child of the rector of steventon, hampshire, on december 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. Though the domain of jane austens novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language.
Situated 7 miles southwest of the town of basingstoke, between the villages of overton, oakley and north waltham, it is close to junction 7 of the m3. Situated 7 miles southwest of the town of basingstoke, between the. Having grown up in the village of steventon in hampshire, jane moved. Finds from an archaeological dig at the birthplace of jane austen are beginning to reveal details of the authors early home life. Jane disliked town life intensely, and missed her hampshire home and friends. Hampshire homes including deane house, home of the harwoods. There used to be an old pump that marked the spot of the austens home in steventon, hampshire. When you visit steventon today there are a few cottages and houses, not dissimilar in number to janes days and a cross roads that has a cluster of old cottages, some of them terraced, set in a beautiful verdant landscape of fields and trees and gently rising downland. Steventon parsonage, tolerably roomy and commodious, was her home. In 187072, john marius wilsons imperial gazetteer of england and wales described steventon like this.
Hampshires literary haunts craig roberts photography. Guide to steventon, hampshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Tour of steventon jane austens birthplace with richard tanner. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading jane austen. Cottage for sale in hampshire town where jane austen was born. While austens books reflect the glamour of regency society, the initial. Nicholas church, where reverend austen held sunday service, married.
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