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As the summer months continue in our month-by-month exploration of Jane Austen\u2019s life, letters, and novels, we turn our attention to July in Jane Austen\u2019s world. If you\u2019re new to the series, you can find previous articles in this series here: January<\/a>, February<\/a>, March<\/a>, April<\/a>, May<\/a>, and June<\/a>.<\/p>

Last month, we enjoyed the June roses at Chawton House Gardens. Let\u2019s take a look at our monthly view for July! Can you imagine exploring the walled gardens on a warm summer day? I know two kids who did<\/em> explore the gardens and the apple orchard (with permission) at Chawton House a few years ago!<\/p>

Chawton House in July: Photo @ChawtonHouse<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
July in Hampshire<\/strong><\/h2>
July in Hampshire brings sporadic heat waves, overcast days, sunny days, and frequent rain showers. The Austen women moved to Chawton in July 1809:<\/p>
\u201cOn this day (7 July) in 1809 Jane Austen moved to Chawton to live in this house. It was here, in this inspiring cottage, that Jane\u2019s genius flourished and where she wrote, revised, and had published all six of her globally beloved novels.\u201d (Jane Austen\u2019s House Museum)<\/p><\/blockquote>
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Jane Austen\u2019s House in July, Photo: @JaneAustensHouse<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
July in Jane Austen\u2019s Letters<\/strong><\/h2>
We don\u2019t have as many of Jane\u2019s letters from the month of July on record, though there is one funny aside that caught my attention as I searched through her letters. After complaining earlier to Cassandra about a few days of \u201ccold disagreeable weather,\u201d \u201cfires every day,\u201d and use of her \u201ckerseymere spencer\u201d for evening walks, Jane wrote the following on 1 July 1808: ***\u201cThe weather is mended, which I attribute to my writing about it\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>***
The fact is, however, that two of the most important letters we have from the month of July are not from Jane herself but from her sister Cassandra. And those, as many of you well know, are the letters Cassandra wrote to her niece Fanny Knight after Jane\u2019s passing in July 1817.<\/p>
***Cassandra\u2019s Letters<\/h2>***Cassandra\u2019s letters<\/a>, which many of you have read, are some of the most beautiful letters we have on record. Jane was Cassandra\u2019s younger sister, but she was also her lifelong companion and best friend. Cassandra\u2019s sorrow at losing one so dear is obvious in her writings.<\/p>
In her first letter (18 July 1817<\/a>), Cassandra tells Fanny about Jane\u2019s last days and hours with delicacy, reverence, and love:<\/p>
I have lost a treasure, such a sister, such a friend as never can have been surpassed. She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow; I had not a thought concealed from her, and it is as if I had lost a part of myself. I loved her only too well,\u2014not better than she deserved, but I am conscious that my affection for her made me sometimes unjust to and negligent of others; and I can acknowledge, more than as a general principle, the justice of the Hand which has struck this blow.

You know me too well to be at all afraid that I should suffer materially from my feelings; I am perfectly conscious of the extent of my irreparable loss, but I am not at all overpowered and very little indisposed,\u2014nothing but what a short time, with rest and change of air, will remove. I thank God that I was enabled to attend her to the last, and amongst my many causes of self-reproach I have not to add any wilful neglect of her comfort.<\/p><\/blockquote>
In her second letter (29 July 1817<\/a>), Cassandra expresses to Fanny that she often thinks of Jane in Heaven and hopes she will one day be reunited with her there:<\/p>
If I think of her less as on earth, God grant that I may never cease to reflect on her as inhabiting heaven, and never cease my humble endeavors (when it shall please God) to join her there.<\/p><\/blockquote>
As a lifelong lover of Jane Austen, I treasure Cassandra\u2019s letters deeply, as I\u2019m sure many of you do too. If you have not read her letters in a while, or if you wish to read them for the first time, you can find them HERE<\/a>.<\/p>
July in Jane Austen\u2019s Novels<\/strong><\/h2>
**Pride and Prejudice<\/strong><\/p>**
July is when Elizabeth travels with Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner: \u201cThe time fixed for the beginning of their northern tour was now fast approaching; and a fortnight only was wanting of it, when a letter arrived from Mrs. Gardiner, which at once delayed its commencement and curtailed its extent. Mr. Gardiner would be prevented by business from setting out till a fortnight later in July, and must be in London again within a month; and as that left too short a period for them to go so far, and see so much as they had proposed, or at least to see it with the leisure and comfort they had built on, they were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted tour; and, according to the present plan, were to go no farther northward than Derbyshire. In that county there was enough to be seen to occupy the chief of their three weeks; and to Mrs. Gardiner it had a peculiarly strong attraction. The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
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Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
**Mansfield Park<\/strong><\/p>**
Mr. and Miss Crawford come on the scene: \u201cSuch was the state of affairs in the month of July; and Fanny had just reached her eighteenth year, when the society of the village received an addition in the brother and sister of Mrs. Grant, a Mr. and Miss Crawford, the children of her mother by a second marriage. They were young people of fortune. The son had a good estate in Norfolk, the daughter twenty thousand pounds.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
**Emma<\/strong><\/p>**
The night before Mr. Knightley returns from London, Emma spends a miserable evening wondering what will come of Harriet\u2019s feelings (and her own feelings) toward Mr. Knightley: \u201cThe evening of this day was very long, and melancholy, at Hartfield. The weather added what it could of gloom. A cold stormy rain set in, and nothing of July appeared but in the trees and shrubs, which the wind was despoiling, and the length of the day, which only made such cruel sights the longer visible.\u201d<\/li>\n\n
Emma\u2019s thoughts that evening regarding the loss of Mr. Knightley, if he were to marry Harriet: \u201cAll that were good would be withdrawn; and if to these losses, the loss of Donwell were to be added, what would remain of cheerful or of rational society within their reach? Mr. Knightley to be no longer coming there for his evening comfort!\u2014No longer walking in at all hours, as if ever willing to change his own home for theirs!\u2014How was it to be endured?\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
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Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma<\/em>, 1997.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
**Persuasion<\/strong><\/p>**
Sir Walter Elliot\u2019s wedding day: \u201cWalter Elliot, born March 1, 1760,\u00a0married, July 15, 1784<\/strong>, Elizabeth, daughter of James Stevenson, Esq. of South Park, in the county of Gloucester, by which lady (who died 1800) he has issue\u00a0Elizabeth, born June 1, 1785; Anne, born August 9, 1787; a still-born son, November 5, 1789; Mary, born November 20, 1791.\u201d<\/li>\n\n
The letter Mrs. Smith produces from Mr. Elliot, written to \u201cCharles Smith, Esq. Tunbridge Wells,\u201d dated July 1803, reads as follows:<\/li><\/ul>
\u201cDear Smith,<\/p>
\u201cI have received yours. Your kindness almost overpowers me. I wish nature had made such hearts as yours more common, but I have lived three-and-twenty years in the world, and have seen none like it. At present, believe me, I have no need of your services, being in cash again. Give me joy: I have got rid of Sir Walter and Miss. They are gone back to Kellynch, and almost made me swear to visit them this summer; but my first visit to Kellynch will be with a surveyor, to tell me how to bring it with best advantage to the hammer. The baronet, nevertheless, is not unlikely to marry again; he is quite fool enough. If he does, however, they will leave me in peace, which may be a decent equivalent for the reversion. He is worse than last year.<\/p>
\u201cI wish I had any name but Elliot. I am sick of it. The name of Walter I can drop, thank God! and I desire you will never insult me with my second W. again, meaning, for the rest of my life, to be only yours truly,<\/p>
\u201cWM. ELLIOT.\u201d<\/p>
$\"\"$ <\/a>
Samuel West at Mr. Elliot in *Persuasion<\/em>, 1995.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>*July Dates of Importance<\/strong><\/h2>
This brings us now to several important July dates that relate to Jane and her family:<\/p>
**Family News:<\/strong><\/p>**
**July\u2013August 1768: The Austen family moves to Steventon, Hampshire.<\/p>**
**3 July 1779: James Austen matriculates at St. John\u2019s College, Oxford (BA 1783, MA 1788).<\/p>**
**1 July 1788: Henry Austen matriculates at St. John\u2019s College, Oxford (BA 1792, MA 1796).<\/p>**
**2 July 1806: Mrs. Austen and her daughters leave Bath.<\/p>**
**24 July 1806: Francis Austen marries Mary Gibson.<\/p>**
**7 July 1809: Austen women and Martha Lloyd move to Chawton Cottage.<\/p>**
**Historic Dates:<\/strong><\/p>**
**14 July 1789: Storming of the Bastille in Paris.<\/p>**
**July 1793: Beginning of the Reign of Terror in France.<\/p>**
**Writing:<\/strong><\/p>**
July 1813: Austen (most likely) finishes *Mansfield Park<\/em>.<\/p>*
18 July 1816: Austen completes first draft of *Persuasion<\/em>.<\/p>*
**Sorrows:<\/strong><\/p>**
**18 July 1817: Jane Austen dies, early in the morning, attended by her sister Cassandra.<\/p>**
**24 July 1817: Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral.<\/p>**
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Helen LeFroy at a private JASNA ceremony at Jane Austen\u2019s grave, Winchester Cathedral, 2007. Image @ Rachel Dodge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Jane Austen\u2019s Grave.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
July Beginnings and Endings<\/h2>
It\u2019s interesting to note that Jane Austen moved to Chawton in July 1809 and passed away (in Winchester) in July 1817. Her years at Chawton Cottage are some of the most fruitful of all her writing career. From Jane Austen\u2019s House Museum<\/a>:<\/p>
1811: Sense and Sensibility<\/em> published.
1813: Pride and Prejudice<\/em> published.
1814: Mansfield Park<\/em> published.
1816: Emma<\/em> published (December 1815).
1815 \u2013 1816: Jane writes The Elliots<\/em> (later published as Persuasion<\/em>).
January 1817: Jane begins The Brothers<\/em> (later published as *Sanditon<\/em>), but she only completes the first twelve chapters.<\/p>*
Though we wish Austen could have lived much longer, enjoyed her wonderful family, and written many more novels, it\u2019s incredible to think that she was able to accomplish so much<\/em> in just a few short years. I\u2019m thankful that Austen enjoyed a season of joy and creativity at Chawton Cottage. She wrote happily there in the beloved Hampshire countryside of her youth.<\/p>
**RACHEL DODGE<\/strong> teaches college English classes, gives talks at libraries, teas, and book clubs, and writes for** Jane Austen\u2019s World<\/a><\/em> blog. She is the bestselling author of The Little Women Devotional<\/a><\/em>, The Anne of Green Gables Devotional<\/a><\/em> and Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen<\/a><\/em>. Now Available: *The Secret Garden Devotional<\/a><\/em>! You can visit Rachel online at www.<\/a>RachelDodge.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*
As the summer months continue in our month-by-month exploration of Jane Austen\u2019s life, letters, and novels, we turn our attention to July in Jane Austen\u2019s world. If you\u2019re new to the series, you can find previous articles in this series here: January, February, March, April, May, and June. Last month, we enjoyed the June roses at Chawton House Gardens. Let\u2019s take a look at our monthly view for July! Can you imagine exploring the walled gardens on a warm summer day? I know two kids who did explore the gardens and the apple orchard (with permission) at Chawton House a few years ago! July in Hampshire July in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,66,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jane-austen","category-literary","category-lovely-england"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6106,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions\/6106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Chawton House in July: Photo @ChawtonHouse<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
July in Hampshire<\/strong><\/h2>
July in Hampshire brings sporadic heat waves, overcast days, sunny days, and frequent rain showers. The Austen women moved to Chawton in July 1809:<\/p>
\u201cOn this day (7 July) in 1809 Jane Austen moved to Chawton to live in this house. It was here, in this inspiring cottage, that Jane\u2019s genius flourished and where she wrote, revised, and had published all six of her globally beloved novels.\u201d (Jane Austen\u2019s House Museum)<\/p><\/blockquote>
$\"\"$
Jane Austen\u2019s House in July, Photo: @JaneAustensHouse<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
July in Jane Austen\u2019s Letters<\/strong><\/h2>
We don\u2019t have as many of Jane\u2019s letters from the month of July on record, though there is one funny aside that caught my attention as I searched through her letters. After complaining earlier to Cassandra about a few days of \u201ccold disagreeable weather,\u201d \u201cfires every day,\u201d and use of her \u201ckerseymere spencer\u201d for evening walks, Jane wrote the following on 1 July 1808: ***\u201cThe weather is mended, which I attribute to my writing about it\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>***
The fact is, however, that two of the most important letters we have from the month of July are not from Jane herself but from her sister Cassandra. And those, as many of you well know, are the letters Cassandra wrote to her niece Fanny Knight after Jane\u2019s passing in July 1817.<\/p>
***Cassandra\u2019s Letters<\/h2>***Cassandra\u2019s letters<\/a>, which many of you have read, are some of the most beautiful letters we have on record. Jane was Cassandra\u2019s younger sister, but she was also her lifelong companion and best friend. Cassandra\u2019s sorrow at losing one so dear is obvious in her writings.<\/p>
In her first letter (18 July 1817<\/a>), Cassandra tells Fanny about Jane\u2019s last days and hours with delicacy, reverence, and love:<\/p>
I have lost a treasure, such a sister, such a friend as never can have been surpassed. She was the sun of my life, the gilder of every pleasure, the soother of every sorrow; I had not a thought concealed from her, and it is as if I had lost a part of myself. I loved her only too well,\u2014not better than she deserved, but I am conscious that my affection for her made me sometimes unjust to and negligent of others; and I can acknowledge, more than as a general principle, the justice of the Hand which has struck this blow.

You know me too well to be at all afraid that I should suffer materially from my feelings; I am perfectly conscious of the extent of my irreparable loss, but I am not at all overpowered and very little indisposed,\u2014nothing but what a short time, with rest and change of air, will remove. I thank God that I was enabled to attend her to the last, and amongst my many causes of self-reproach I have not to add any wilful neglect of her comfort.<\/p><\/blockquote>
In her second letter (29 July 1817<\/a>), Cassandra expresses to Fanny that she often thinks of Jane in Heaven and hopes she will one day be reunited with her there:<\/p>
If I think of her less as on earth, God grant that I may never cease to reflect on her as inhabiting heaven, and never cease my humble endeavors (when it shall please God) to join her there.<\/p><\/blockquote>
As a lifelong lover of Jane Austen, I treasure Cassandra\u2019s letters deeply, as I\u2019m sure many of you do too. If you have not read her letters in a while, or if you wish to read them for the first time, you can find them HERE<\/a>.<\/p>
July in Jane Austen\u2019s Novels<\/strong><\/h2>
**Pride and Prejudice<\/strong><\/p>**
July is when Elizabeth travels with Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner: \u201cThe time fixed for the beginning of their northern tour was now fast approaching; and a fortnight only was wanting of it, when a letter arrived from Mrs. Gardiner, which at once delayed its commencement and curtailed its extent. Mr. Gardiner would be prevented by business from setting out till a fortnight later in July, and must be in London again within a month; and as that left too short a period for them to go so far, and see so much as they had proposed, or at least to see it with the leisure and comfort they had built on, they were obliged to give up the Lakes, and substitute a more contracted tour; and, according to the present plan, were to go no farther northward than Derbyshire. In that county there was enough to be seen to occupy the chief of their three weeks; and to Mrs. Gardiner it had a peculiarly strong attraction. The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
$\"\"$
Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
**Mansfield Park<\/strong><\/p>**
Mr. and Miss Crawford come on the scene: \u201cSuch was the state of affairs in the month of July; and Fanny had just reached her eighteenth year, when the society of the village received an addition in the brother and sister of Mrs. Grant, a Mr. and Miss Crawford, the children of her mother by a second marriage. They were young people of fortune. The son had a good estate in Norfolk, the daughter twenty thousand pounds.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
**Emma<\/strong><\/p>**
The night before Mr. Knightley returns from London, Emma spends a miserable evening wondering what will come of Harriet\u2019s feelings (and her own feelings) toward Mr. Knightley: \u201cThe evening of this day was very long, and melancholy, at Hartfield. The weather added what it could of gloom. A cold stormy rain set in, and nothing of July appeared but in the trees and shrubs, which the wind was despoiling, and the length of the day, which only made such cruel sights the longer visible.\u201d<\/li>\n\n
Emma\u2019s thoughts that evening regarding the loss of Mr. Knightley, if he were to marry Harriet: \u201cAll that were good would be withdrawn; and if to these losses, the loss of Donwell were to be added, what would remain of cheerful or of rational society within their reach? Mr. Knightley to be no longer coming there for his evening comfort!\u2014No longer walking in at all hours, as if ever willing to change his own home for theirs!\u2014How was it to be endured?\u201d<\/li><\/ul>
$\"\"$
Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma<\/em>, 1997.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
**Persuasion<\/strong><\/p>**
Sir Walter Elliot\u2019s wedding day: \u201cWalter Elliot, born March 1, 1760,\u00a0married, July 15, 1784<\/strong>, Elizabeth, daughter of James Stevenson, Esq. of South Park, in the county of Gloucester, by which lady (who died 1800) he has issue\u00a0Elizabeth, born June 1, 1785; Anne, born August 9, 1787; a still-born son, November 5, 1789; Mary, born November 20, 1791.\u201d<\/li>\n\n
The letter Mrs. Smith produces from Mr. Elliot, written to \u201cCharles Smith, Esq. Tunbridge Wells,\u201d dated July 1803, reads as follows:<\/li><\/ul>
\u201cDear Smith,<\/p>
\u201cI have received yours. Your kindness almost overpowers me. I wish nature had made such hearts as yours more common, but I have lived three-and-twenty years in the world, and have seen none like it. At present, believe me, I have no need of your services, being in cash again. Give me joy: I have got rid of Sir Walter and Miss. They are gone back to Kellynch, and almost made me swear to visit them this summer; but my first visit to Kellynch will be with a surveyor, to tell me how to bring it with best advantage to the hammer. The baronet, nevertheless, is not unlikely to marry again; he is quite fool enough. If he does, however, they will leave me in peace, which may be a decent equivalent for the reversion. He is worse than last year.<\/p>
\u201cI wish I had any name but Elliot. I am sick of it. The name of Walter I can drop, thank God! and I desire you will never insult me with my second W. again, meaning, for the rest of my life, to be only yours truly,<\/p>
\u201cWM. ELLIOT.\u201d<\/p>
$\"\"$ <\/a>
Samuel West at Mr. Elliot in *Persuasion<\/em>, 1995.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>*July Dates of Importance<\/strong><\/h2>
This brings us now to several important July dates that relate to Jane and her family:<\/p>
**Family News:<\/strong><\/p>**
**July\u2013August 1768: The Austen family moves to Steventon, Hampshire.<\/p>**
**3 July 1779: James Austen matriculates at St. John\u2019s College, Oxford (BA 1783, MA 1788).<\/p>**
**1 July 1788: Henry Austen matriculates at St. John\u2019s College, Oxford (BA 1792, MA 1796).<\/p>**
**2 July 1806: Mrs. Austen and her daughters leave Bath.<\/p>**
**24 July 1806: Francis Austen marries Mary Gibson.<\/p>**
**7 July 1809: Austen women and Martha Lloyd move to Chawton Cottage.<\/p>**
**Historic Dates:<\/strong><\/p>**
**14 July 1789: Storming of the Bastille in Paris.<\/p>**
**July 1793: Beginning of the Reign of Terror in France.<\/p>**
**Writing:<\/strong><\/p>**
July 1813: Austen (most likely) finishes *Mansfield Park<\/em>.<\/p>*
18 July 1816: Austen completes first draft of *Persuasion<\/em>.<\/p>*
**Sorrows:<\/strong><\/p>**
**18 July 1817: Jane Austen dies, early in the morning, attended by her sister Cassandra.<\/p>**
**24 July 1817: Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral.<\/p>**
$\"\"$ <\/a>
Helen LeFroy at a private JASNA ceremony at Jane Austen\u2019s grave, Winchester Cathedral, 2007. Image @ Rachel Dodge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
$\"\"$
Jane Austen\u2019s Grave.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
July Beginnings and Endings<\/h2>
It\u2019s interesting to note that Jane Austen moved to Chawton in July 1809 and passed away (in Winchester) in July 1817. Her years at Chawton Cottage are some of the most fruitful of all her writing career. From Jane Austen\u2019s House Museum<\/a>:<\/p>
1811: Sense and Sensibility<\/em> published.
1813: Pride and Prejudice<\/em> published.
1814: Mansfield Park<\/em> published.
1816: Emma<\/em> published (December 1815).
1815 \u2013 1816: Jane writes The Elliots<\/em> (later published as Persuasion<\/em>).
January 1817: Jane begins The Brothers<\/em> (later published as *Sanditon<\/em>), but she only completes the first twelve chapters.<\/p>*
Though we wish Austen could have lived much longer, enjoyed her wonderful family, and written many more novels, it\u2019s incredible to think that she was able to accomplish so much<\/em> in just a few short years. I\u2019m thankful that Austen enjoyed a season of joy and creativity at Chawton Cottage. She wrote happily there in the beloved Hampshire countryside of her youth.<\/p>
**RACHEL DODGE<\/strong> teaches college English classes, gives talks at libraries, teas, and book clubs, and writes for** Jane Austen\u2019s World<\/a><\/em> blog. She is the bestselling author of The Little Women Devotional<\/a><\/em>, The Anne of Green Gables Devotional<\/a><\/em> and Praying with Jane: 31 Days Through the Prayers of Jane Austen<\/a><\/em>. Now Available: *The Secret Garden Devotional<\/a><\/em>! You can visit Rachel online at www.<\/a>RachelDodge.com<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*
As the summer months continue in our month-by-month exploration of Jane Austen\u2019s life, letters, and novels, we turn our attention to July in Jane Austen\u2019s world. If you\u2019re new to the series, you can find previous articles in this series here: January, February, March, April, May, and June. Last month, we enjoyed the June roses at Chawton House Gardens. Let\u2019s take a look at our monthly view for July! Can you imagine exploring the walled gardens on a warm summer day? I know two kids who did explore the gardens and the apple orchard (with permission) at Chawton House a few years ago! July in Hampshire July in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,66,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jane-austen","category-literary","category-lovely-england"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6106,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions\/6106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racheldodge.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}