Edward Austen Knight
Standard Name: Knight, Edward Austen
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Austen | He changed his name to Edward Austen Knight
and moved to live with his adoptive parents. As a landowner he later had the means to provide a home for his widowed mother and his sisters... |
| Reception | Jane Austen | Austen's status in the English-speaking world is not so far equalled among, for instance, French speakers. Valérie Cossy
noted in March 2006 that (largely on account of inaccurate and inadequate translations) [v]ery few people in... |
| Residence | Jane Austen | After four and a half years they had a permanent home again, provided for them by Edward Austen Knight
on his Chawton estate. The red-brick cottage stands in the main road of the village, only... |
Timeline
July 2003
Chawton House in the village of Chawton in Hampshire, once owned by Jane Austen
's brother Edward Austen Knight
, opened its doors as Chawton House Library
, a research centre in women's writing.