Celebrating Jane Austen on the Trail of the Author in Her 250th Anniversary Year寻踪忆人：简·奥斯汀诞辰250周年

Ever since it was saved from wrack and ruin by a heroic philanthropist in the 1940s， the pretty red-brick cottage in Chawton where Jane Austen spent the last eight years of her life has been a place of pilgrimage for her devoted readers. For within its modest walls she wrote or revised all six of her published novels， working on the tiny， 12-sided walnut table in the dining room， reading the finished products aloud to family and neighbours in the drawing room， and revelling in being a ‘Hampshire-born Austen’ come home to the countryside after years hopping between city lodgings.

20世纪40年代，一位英勇的慈善家将乔顿一座红砖小屋从残垣断壁中挽救了下来。（剩余7411字）