Jane Austen Mania - Chawton

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an English teacher wandering through Austen country on the 250th year of her birth must make visiting her home a priority.

Austen has been most misunderstood. She is not a romance writer. She is a satirist. So subtle and deft that it appears as an in joke for the women to enjoy.

Men, do not dismiss this writing as fluffy stuff for girls to fantasise and drool over. Jane Austen saw what was what. If you don’t get it, one could argue that you are part of the problem, not the solution.

That it is still relevant and studied today proves the point that the problem still exists…

Nothing romantic about that eh!Read more