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This charming brick cottage in the English countryside was Jane Austen’s final home - the place where she wrote all six of her beloved novels. The home is located in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire, England. Here, the celebrated novelist spent the last eight years of her life writing, revising, and publishing... Continue Reading →
This is the exquisite former home of American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe. It is located on Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut. The house was built in 1871, and Stowe moved into the home two years later. She lived in this home until she died in the year 1896. Harriet Beecher Stowe is the... Continue Reading →
Known colloquially as "Collete", the French writer, dancer, and beauty salon owner was known as one of the most liberated women of her time. This old house museum in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, in Burgundy, France is Colette's birthplace and the home where she spent the first 18 formative years of her life. This is the place where... Continue Reading →
This is the Brooklyn, New York home where author Truman Capote lived when he wrote his critically acclaimed books Breakfast At Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. The eccentric author (pictured above) only rented the basement flat in this 3-story home, but the entire house has become known as the Truman Capote house. "I live in Brooklyn. By... Continue Reading →
Andalusia is the lyrical name of American author Flannery O'Connor's former Georgia estate. The rural farm is located in Baldwin County, Georgia, outside of the town of Milledgeville. The white plantation house is where O'Connor wrote some of her last and best-known fiction Mary Flannery O'Connor (March 25, 1925 – August 3, 1964) was an American novelist and... Continue Reading →
House Crazy Sarah's all-time favorite author is Canadian original Margaret Laurence. Margaret Laurence 1926 - 1987 House Crazy Sarah has long been enthralled with Margaret's series of poignant novels about the small town of Manawaka in rural Manitoba. The Stone Angel was Margaret's critically acclaimed novel about an aging woman set in the fictional Manawaka.... Continue Reading →
