Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage

Heartbroken and determined to leave all things Austen behind her, this is the story of Caroline's journey from an idyllic childhood in which she baked cakes with her Granny for Jane Austen tourists, through personal crisis and success to her eventual embrace of her Austen heritage and the creation of the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation. A contemporary and dramatic story, it is also a major contribution to the library of works about Jane Austen, including information thrillingly new to Jane Austen's readers and scholars. Caroline ate at the same dining table, read in the same library, explored the same country lanes and shared the same dreams of independence as Jane Austen did. But when she was seventeen, Caroline and her family were forced to leave the home her family had lived in for centuries. Caroline Jane Knight is the last of the Austen Knight family to grow up at Chawton House, the sixteenth-century English manor house on the ancestral estate where Jane Austen lived and wrote. Read by award-winning narrator Alison Larkin whose critically acclaimed recordings of the novels of Jane Austen include Pride and Prejudice and Songs from Regency England, Persuasion and Poems, Northanger Abbey and the History of England and Emma - the 200th anniversary audio edition. Fifteen per cent of the profits from the sale of this book will b

"I Loved Going Back to Chawton with Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen's Great Niece!" according to Claudine A Pepe (Just Jane 181I Loved Going Back to Chawton with Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen's Great Niece! I absolutely adored this book from cover to cover. I literally felt transported back in time to not only when Caroline Jane Knight lived at Chawton House, aka the" Great House," but also seamlessly transported back to when Jane Austen lived in Chawton with her sister, Cassandra, and their mother.The role that living at Chawton played in both Caroline's life as well as in Jane Austen's life, is beautifully depicted throughout each chapter. Not only does Caroline have the fo. ). I absolutely adored this book from cover to cover. I literally felt transported back in time to not only when Caroline Jane Knight lived at Chawton House, aka the" Great House," but also seamlessly transported back to when Jane Austen lived in Chawton with her sister, Cassandra, and their mother.The role that living at Chawton played in both Caroline's life as well as in Jane Austen's life, is beautifully depicted throughout each chapter. Not only does Caroline have the fo. Christina Boyd said "loved peeking through all the windows and nosing about the cupboards through such an intimate POV". "I have spent most of my adult life trying to forget Chawton and avoiding all reminders of my heritage"And that is the opening line of Caroline Jane Knight's memoir, "Jane & Me". I, an unabashed Janeite, was instantly hooked. What could have happened to make this blood relation of Jane Austen's (one of the greatest authors ever) want to reject her entire heritage? Over the next ""loved peeking through all the windows and nosing about the cupboards through such an intimate POV"" according to Christina Boyd. "I have spent most of my adult life trying to forget Chawton and avoiding all reminders of my heritage"And that is the opening line of Caroline Jane Knight's memoir, "Jane & Me". I, an unabashed Janeite, was instantly hooked. What could have happened to make this blood relation of Jane Austen's (one of the greatest authors ever) want to reject her entire heritage? Over the next 250-some pages, Knight takes us on her personal journey from when her family forfeited their anc. 50-some pages, Knight takes us on her personal journey from when her family forfeited their anc. A Must Read For Women & Janeites I have always been devoted to all things Jane Austen, but this memoir particularly caught my eye because I am also a history buff. Not only did it turn out to be the perfect book to read while on vacation, but it gives the reader healthy dosages of history, Jane Austen, and female empowerment. Caroline Jane Knight captivates the readers attention from the very first page and, by the end of the first chapter, the reader will find themselves connected to both Caroline's jour