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Literary Giants

South East England has no shortage of world-famous literary giants. Some of England's greatest writers lived and worked in the South East, and were inspired to write some of their finest works here.

Find out all about literary giants such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, P G Wodehouse, Rudyard Kipling and many more in the South East's many literary museums.

Here is our selection of museums all about these literary giants:

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  1. House from the garden

    Location

    East Hampshire

    Type

    Historic House / Palace

    The novelist Jane Austen is known worldwide for her popular novels describing the society of pre-industrial England.

  2. Monk's House

    Location

    Lewes

    Type

    Historic House / Palace

    Open 2 April to 29 October: Weds & Sats 2:00 - 5:30pm
    A small weather-boarded house, the home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf until Leonard's death in 1969. The rooms reflect the life and times of the literary circle in which they moved.

  3. Emsworth Museum

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    Emsworth Museum

    Location

    Havant

    Type

    Museum

    This local independent museum holds collections relating to P.G. Woodhouse, Sir Peter Blake as well as the history of J. D. Foster’s oyster fleet and the fishing industry.

  4. Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum

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    Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum

    Location

    Portsmouth

    Type

    Museum

    Small terraced house of 1805 in which the famous novelist was born and lived for a short time. Restored and furnished to illustrate middle-class taste of the time.

  5. Batemans

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    Bateman's,National Trust,Burwash,Sussex

    Location

    Rother

    Type

    Historic House / Palace

    A 17thC Ironmaster's house which was the home of Rudyard Kipling between 1902-35. His study and Rolls Royce can be seen. Garden with working watermill.

  6. Photo of exterior of Guildhall Museum

    Location

    Medway Towns

    Type

    Museum

    Discover the history of Medway from pre-historic times to the present day at the Guildhall Museum in Rochester.

  7. Exterior of Buckingham Old Gaol at dusk

    Location

    Buckinghamshire

    Type

    Museum

    Housing Buckingham's Museum, the Tourist Information Centre and the Flora Thompson (Lark Rise to Candleford) exhibition.

  8. Entrance to Kipling Gardens

    Location

    Brighton and Hove

    Type

    Garden

    Gardens once formed part curtilage of The Elms where Rudyard Kipling lived from 1897-1902. There is a "wild garden" for picnics & croquet can be seen during the summer. Apart from this, no ball games or radios. Scented gardens for blind people.