Jane Austen: Daddy’s Girl out in the world from 30th March 2024
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Photo credit: Estelle Benson
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Author Zöe Wheddon
A native of Janes Austen's beloved county of Hampshire, Zöe Wheddon, lives in a village on the outskirts of the town that she and her husband Matt grew up in, with their cat Leia.
When she is not reading, researching or writing she can be found in the classroom teaching Spanish and French or singing ABBA songs loudly in her kitchen.
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Jane Austen Daddy's Girl: The Life and Influence of The Revd George AustenJane Austen, Daddy’s Girl; The Life and Influence of The Revd George Austen is a poignant and pertinent examination of a relationship which became the cornerstone of Jane’s life, the bedrock of family and faith as she knew them.
Our epic journey through the life and times of the Reverend George Austen will lead us from his early childhood and humble beginnings as an orphan, through his school days and on to Oxford University, and beyond. We will follow him into his career in the Church of England and as Master of his own boarding school as well as gain revealing peeks into his marriage and home life. Dovetailed in with this revealing biography is a thorough interpretation of fatherhood as a theme, as outlined in Jane’s novels, with scrutiny of the fathers of all of her most beloved fictional families. Chapter by chapter we will understand more about Jane’s own view on fatherhood and how the Reverend Austen, as her father, coloured and created that view. As we draw George and Jane’s relationship closer to us we understand anew the many layers of clever meaning that Jane Austen interlaced within her stories. Through an examination of this unique father-daughter bond, Jane Austen fans everywhere can pull up a footstool in George’s library and become further united in spirit with their beloved novelist. |
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Dates for your diary...
Wednesday 22nd MayI will be giving an evening talk at Buckfield House in Sherfield on Loddon at Sherfield School for the Sherfield on Loddon History Society
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Saturday 22nd JuneI am signing books at Alton Waterstones as part of Alton Regency weekend.
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Sunday 23rd JuneI am looking forward to speaking at the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation picnic at Chawton House.
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7-12 April & 13-18 October 2025I am going to be speaking at a conference at The Gainsborough Hotel Bath with ECT Travel and Strictly Jane Austen Tours.
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Jane Austen's Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd
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All fans of Jane Austen everywhere believe themselves to be best friends with the beloved author and this book shines a light on what it meant to be exactly that. Jane Austen's Best Friend; The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd offers a unique insight into Jane's private inner circle. Through this heart-warming examination of an important and often overlooked person in Jane's world, we uncover the life changing force of their friendship. Each chapter details the fascinating facts and friendship forming qualities that tied Jane and Martha together.
Within these pages we will relive their shared interests, the hits and misses of their romantic love lives, their passion for shopping and fashion, their family histories, their lucky breaks and their girly chats. This book offers a behind the scenes tour of the shared lives of a fascinating pair and the chance to deepen our own bonds in 'love and friendship' with them both. |
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"A glorious celebration of Jane Austen, and a glorious celebration of friendship too.
You'll want one copy for yourself and another for your own BFF."
LUCY WORSLEY
Historian, Television Presenter and Author of Jane Austen at Home.
Historian, Television Presenter and Author of Jane Austen at Home.
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Read my latest articles and guest blogs...The Man who put the spring in Jane Austen’s StepAs spring arrives at last, our guest blogger Zoe Wheddon, author of Jane Austen Daddy’s Girl, The Life & Influence of The Revd. George Austen, looks at the role Jane’s father, the Reverend George Austen played in fostering his daughter’s ‘effusions of fancy’.
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A BASINGSTOKE mother has published a second book exploring the 'truly remarkable relationship' between Jane Austen and her father.
Zoe Wheddon began her journey with Jane Austen in the summer of 2017, when she and her daughter decided to visit every one of the Basingstoke Art Book Bench Trail’s Jane Austen benches. |
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