Lots of exciting things happened before we went to Edinburgh, too, but I didn't get a chance to tell you because of all of the Internet problems. I told you we went to Charles Dickens's house. Here are some pictures from that.
This is the actual writing desk on which he wrote his last words. If you know how I feel about Charles Dickens (and how could you not, really, if you know me at all?), then you know how special this was to me.
This is the actual writing desk on which he wrote his last words. If you know how I feel about Charles Dickens (and how could you not, really, if you know me at all?), then you know how special this was to me. The next day, our whole class went to Chawton to where Jane Austen lived and to Winchester, where she died. That trip was really amazing, too. We saw her cottage, some dresses that were actually hers, the table where she wrote, and a quilt that she and her mother and sister had made. She had an amazing garden with beautiful flowers and walking paths (I'm pretty sure the museum people put them in, though). Then we got to see the house where she died (but we didn't get to go in) and her burial place in Winchester Cathedral.
The actual table she wrote on
Her bedroom (a recreation, but it's supposedly pretty accurate). This is an actual dress that belonged to her.
The Cathedral where she's buried
her grave
her dress looks so tiny!
ReplyDeleteI know, right! Wouldn't that be nice?
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