He changed his name to Edward Austen Knight
and moved to live with his adoptive parents. As a landowner he later had the means to provide a home for his widowed mother and his sisters...
Reception
Jane Austen
Austen's status in the English-speaking world is not so far equalled among, for instance, French speakers. Valérie Cossy
noted in March 2006 that (largely on account of inaccurate and inadequate translations) [v]ery few people in...
Residence
Jane Austen
After four and a half years they had a permanent home again, provided for them by Edward Austen Knight
on his Chawton estate. The red-brick cottage stands in the main road of the village, only...
Timeline
July 2003: Chawton House in the village of Chawton in...
Women writers item
July 2003
Chawton House in the village of Chawton in Hampshire, once owned by Jane Austen
's brother Edward Austen Knight
, opened its doors as Chawton House Library
, a research centre in women's writing.
“House and Estate. History”. Chawton House Library.
