Jane Austen’s Artful Letters

A virtual exhibition exploring the importance of letters in Jane Austen's life and work. Through an array of objects from the collection at Jane Austen's House, we reveal how much an artfully written letter can tell us about her life and her fiction.

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Room 1: Introduction

Room 2: Jane Austen’s own voice: big and little matters

Room 3: ‘Gold chains & Topaze Crosses’

Room 4: A poem-letter to accompany a gift of handkerchiefs

Room 5: How to write and fold a letter

Room 6: Letters in fragments/precious relics

Room 7: The novel in letters and letters in novels

Credits

Made possible by Art Fund support