Jane and Me: Caroline Knight, Jane Austen's Fifth Great Niece
Chawton House is many things to many people – to Caroline it will always be home. As a direct descendant of Jane’s brother, Edward Knight, Caroline grew up at Chawton House while it was still her family’s private home. Caroline’s early life was filled with the delights of living in a sixteenth-century English manor, the good cheer of family gatherings and centuries-old Christmas traditions in the Great Hall, the beauty of a country life, and the joys of helping her Granny bake cakes and serve Jane Austen devotees in the Chawton House tea room. When she was seventeen, Caroline and her family left the home her family had lived in for centuries, following the death of her grandfather, Edward Knight III. In this talk Caroline will share some of her most precious memories of her childhood at Chawton House and the writing of Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage over 25 years later.
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Caroline’s talk will be followed by a Twitter Q&A.
Caroline Knight
Caroline Jane Knight is Jane Austen’s fifth great niece and among the last of the Austen family descendants to live at Chawton House. Caroline has had a career in marketing which took her to Australia in 2008. Caroline was a finalist in the Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Awards in 2012 and the same year was made an honorary life fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Caroline is founder and chair of the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation and owner of The Greyfriar Group, a marketing and events business. In 2017 Caroline published her memoir Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage about her childhood at Chawton House, available at the Chawton House online shop:
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Stay at Home Vlog | Baking Scones, Jane Austen, and Terry Pratchett
In which I casually chat with you (and ramble on about) what I've been reading, and what I've been baking! See below for a rather delicious oat scone recipe!
Also, I am the Queen of Misspeaking: The DiscWORLD series has a subseries with a character named RinceWIND, and Miss Austen is different from The Other Bennet Sister. Apologies for any confusion.
BOOKS MENTIONED:
-Eric by Terry Pratchett (#9 in Discworld Series, Rincewind subseries)
-The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
-Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
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OAT SCONE RECIPE
(Warning: These are scrumptious, but a far cry from traditional English scones. They are quick, easy, and go perfectly with a nice cup of tea. Sadly, clotted cream is not common in America)
Ingredients:
-1.5 cups flour
-2 cups rolled oats
-1/4 cup sugar
-4 teaspoons baking powder
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/2 cup dried fruit (I am partial to dried cherries. Sometimes I do 1/4 cup dried fruit and 1/4 cup chocolate chips or chunks)
-1 egg, beaten
-1/2 cup melted butter or oil (I've tried both. It doesn't matter much)
-1/3 cup milk (or milk substitute)
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1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly grease baking sheet.
2. Mix flour, oats, sugar, baking powder, salt, dried fruit, and baking powder in large bowl.
3. Beat egg and stir in melted butter/oil and milk.
4. Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until combined. (Makes a very stiff, dry dough).
5. Roll into shapes and place on baking sheet(I use a 1/4 cup per scone) Score scones with knife. Bake until golden brown. (10-15 mins. Usually done at 10 mins, but it depends on the oven).
Enjoy!
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The Great British Bake Off Book Tag
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1. CAKE: The cake has sunk in the middle. Pick a book that didn't rise to your expectations.
2. BISCUITS: Once you've eaten one, you’re hungry for more and each time you eat another, they get more and more delicious. Pick a book series or trilogy that got progressively better.
3. BREAD: Kneading dough requires hard work and determination. Pick a book that you put off reading for ages and needed a lot of determination to pick up
4. DESSERTS: Foreign deserts such as crème brûlée and Spanische Windtorte are on the menu. Pick a book set in a foreign country
5. ALTERNATIVE INGREDIENTS: Not usually used, but surprisingly good. Pick a book from a genre you wouldn't normally read but ended up loving.
6. PASTRY: Shortcrust pastry can crumble easily. Pick a character who you initially liked, but as you read more and more, your relationship with them crumbled apart.
7. VICTORIAN/OLD-FASHIONED BAKES: Recipes from the past that still taste delicious today. Pick your favourite classic novel.
8. PATISSERIE: You’re eating a chocolate éclair but there’s barely any filling inside. Pick a book that lacked substance and fell flat.
9. CHOCOLATE: Chocolate is a comfort food for many people. Pick a book you could read again and again and still find comforting.
10. THE GRAND FINAL: Everyone is out to impress with extravagant show-stoppers! Pick your favourite book of the year so far that really impressed you.
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BOOKSHELF TOUR 2020! | (5 SHELVES, 400+ BOOKS)
HELLO MY LOVELIES! HERE IS MY FIRST EVER BOOKSHELF TOUR!! I am in no way trying to brag about anything, I'm mainly trying to get my cousin and my mother to stop bugging me about making this since I said I'd do it a year ago! Love you!
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Victorian Era Weddings
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Here comes the bride....all dressed in white, was not a song or a sight that was beheld to those before the Victorian Era. Many popular European wedding customs can trace their origins back to the Victorian era, and more specifically the wedding of Queen Victoria herself. Join historian Marie Bartlett (nee Walker) for this program as she talks about the history of popular wedding traditions.
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Part 1 - Howards End Audiobook by E. M. Forster (Chs 1-7)
Part 1 - (Chs 1-7). Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by Elizabeth Klett.
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