Chawton Cottage Caller (AW3)

This homely building, Chawton Cottage in the village of Chawton in Hampshire, was the home of Jane Austen from 1809 until shortly before her death. It was here she honed her craft and, with the help of her brother Henry, became a published author. She began and completed Mansfield Park, Emma and Persuasion in Chawton Cottage. With no room of her own in which to write, Jane would settle at a tiny table near the front door writing upon “small sheets of paper which could easily be put away or covered with a piece of blotting paper” should a visitor call.