Becoming Jane Austen at Chawton

Friday, March 27, 2009 Chawton, Hampshire Rolling emerald meadows alive with trundling sheep. Masses of daffodils ablaze in the cool March sunshine. Thatched roofed cottages slumbering along hushed country roads. Serene churchyards filled with mossy gravestones whispering secrets about famous congregations. … The only images missing in this Hampshire idyll were swift phaetons drawn by…