![]() There is even a chapter on recreating the style of Austen’s gardens in your own, and an appendix that tells you the locations used for all of the movies based on Jane’s books. You see all the extant buildings and grounds that are thought to be the basis for the residences in her novels. You learn about Jane’s own gardens, of course, but also get a good background in the garden history of the period, from design philosophies to silly fads, often learning what Austen thought of them through direct quotes from her letters or those of her relatives. Wilson covers everything you could want to know about Jane Austen and gardens. My ignorance on both counts was remedied by reading In the Garden with Jane Austen by Kim Wilson. And you know, I never once thought of Jane Austen as a gardener. ![]() ![]() I’ve read Pride and Prejudice (unabridged) several times since then, but I never had a good grasp of the culture of that day and missed some subtle humor in the novel. I first read Pride and Prejudice in grade school, when my grandmother put a volume of Readers Digest Condensed Classics for Children in my hands. ![]()
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