A Jane Austen Year

March


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‘March’ opens with snowdrops, potatos and many cups of tea. We visit Mr Collins’s humble abode at Hunsford Parsonage and take a sunny stroll on the Portsmouth Ramparts. We go shopping at Twinings and enjoy a bookish letter from Jane to her young niece Caroline. 

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A Jane Austen Year transports you to Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, the idyllic Hampshire cottage where Jane Austen lived and wrote her globally beloved novels – now a beloved museum.

Each month, join us on a seasonal journey through Jane Austen’s novels, the story of her life and the world she lived in. Discover scenes, letters, recipes, and objects from the museum collection, bound together with readings and sounds recorded in the House itself.

Each episode is recorded by the people who work at Jane Austen’s House, caring for this special place and protecting it for future generations.

‘March’ was voiced by: Lizzie Dunford, Jenny Durrant, Jessica Halmshaw, Julia McLeod, Emma Moffatt, Sophie Reynolds, Rebecca Wood and Megan Shearman, with a guest appearance by Dominic Gerrard.

Find out more about some of the objects featured in this episode:
Wooden tea caddy
Sermon scrap
A Memoir of Jane Austen
Letter from Jane Austen to Caroline Austen, 13 March 1816
Martha Lloyd’s Household Book

Episode website
https://janeaustens.house/news/podcast/

Script: Sophie Reynolds
Cover Artwork:Jessica Halmshaw
Sound & Original Music: Dominic Gerrard

This series was written and recorded at Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, in celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birthday in 2025.

If you enjoyed it, we think you’d also love our new book A Jane Austen Year – a gorgeous coffee table book full of pictures, extracts and stories.

Every purchase supports our work, caring for and preserving Jane Austen’s House for future generations.

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