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Jane Austen’s London

Jane Austen was born in 1775 and died, aged 41, in 1817. Whilst many of her novels are set in the country or Bath, she passed through London often on her travels or went there to visit her brother Henry or her publishers. Her vivid letters to her sister Cassandra are full of illustrative details about her shopping expeditions and visits to the capital’s galleries and theatres.

1 .

In ‘Sense and Sensibility’ Charlotte has her baby whilst staying at the Palmer’s house. The house was situated on which square?

Hanover

Windsor

Queens

Leicester

Shortly after the birth, the papers announced that Charlotte Palmer “was safely delivered of a son and heir”

2 .

In the novel ‘Emma’ who ran off to London just to get a haircut?

Frank Churchill

George Knightly

Harriet Smith

Jane Fairfax

This slightly unsettled Emma’s faith in him but was typical behaviour of a true Regency dandy

3 .

Jane Austen, her brother Edward and three of his young daughters went to see a production of Don Juan on one occasion. At which London theatre was it showing?

The Royal Opera House

The Albert Hall

The Lyceum

The Gielgud

It was an elaborate production with songs, mime and a spectacular recreation of hell

4 .

In ‘Northanger Abbey’ Isabella and John Thorpe’s home was located in which district of London?

Stepney

Chelsea

Hackney

Putney

Incidentally, London locations ending in -ea or -ey derive from an Anglo Saxon word meaning ‘Island’

5 .

Which London gallery holds a pencil and watercolour sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra?

The National Portrait Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery

The National Gallery

Tate Britain

The sketch, made around 1810, by Jane’s sister Cassandra is the only reasonably certain portrait from her life

6 .

Where in London might Jane Austen fans be able to see her writing desk?

At the British Museum

At the British Library

At the Victoria and Albert Museum

In Fortnum and Mason

Not to be confused with a conventional desk, her writing desk is about the size of a laptop

7 .

Mrs. Jennings’ house in Berkeley Street is where Elinor and Marianne stay in which novel?

Pride and Prejudice

Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Sense and Sensibility

Mrs. Jennings lived in a handsome house on Berkeley Street near Portman Square

8 .

Where did Jane Austen stay when she visited London?

10 Henrietta Street

12 Georgina Terrace

14 Victoria Gardens

16 Elizabeth Court

The bank ‘Austen, Maunde and Tilson’, of which Jane’s brother was a director, occupied the site in the early 1800s. Jane used to stay with her brother there when she visited in 1813 and 1814

9 .

In which London church do Lydia and Wickham marry in ‘Pride and Prejudice’?

St Margaret’s

St Clement’s

St Paul’s

St Peter’s

The couple married there as Wickham’s lodgings were in the parish

10 .

In ‘Mansfield Park’ Maria Rushworth leaves her dull husband and runs off with Henry Crawford. In which street did she and her husband live prior to this event?

Wellington Crescent

Wigmore Street

Wigmore Mews

Wimpole Street

Sadly for Maria, Henry manipulated her, used her and didn’t love her back!

Author: Augusta Harris