Summary of Lucy Worsley's Jane Austen at Home

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The story of the Austens at Steventon Rectory really begins in the late summer of 1768, when a wagon heavily loaded with household goods made its way through the Hampshire lanes from nearby Deane to the village of Steventon. #2 Mr Austen had been in charge of the parish of Steventon for the last four years. But he had found his Rectory there so run-down and dilapidated that he and his family had been living in