Emma Clery. The Jane Austen Society, founded 1940: From Grate to Greatness
Channel: ChawtonHouse
Date: 2020-07-11

It all began with the discovery of a Regency fire grate, lying on a scrapheap in Chawton village. When Dorothy Darnell saw it there and learned that it had been stripped from the cottage where Jane Austen had once lived and written her novels it lit a flame which resulted in the purchase and restoration of the house as a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. It also led to the founding of the Jane Austen Society, which today has a thriving membership and forms part of a worldwide network. This talk dwells on the stories and motivations of the founding members and celebrates the contribution of the Society to knowledge of Jane Austen and her times.

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