Keats House: Recent Episodes
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Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. She first wrote to her on Monday 18 September 1820, the day after Keats had sailed from London. This began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
Fanny Brawne wrote this letter on 13 December 1821. She discusses her Christmas plans and makes reference to ‘three years ago’ at Christmas, which was ‘the happiest day I had ever then spent’ - this was the day she got engaged to John Keats.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
Fanny Brawne wrote this letter between 17 November and 12 December 1821. In it she talks a lot about Lord Byron and her thoughts on his writing.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Fanny Brawne’s letter to Fanny Keats, written on 15 November 1821.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s thirteenth letter, written on 15 November 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Fanny Brawne’s letter to Fanny Keats, late October or early November 1821
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s tenth letter, written in late October or early November 1821
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s tenth letter, written on 8 October 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s tenth letter, written on 20 June 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
On 6 March 1821, Joseph Severn wrote to Keats’s publisher John Taylor, detailing the events after Keats’s death in Rome. The letter was received in London on 3 April and Taylor immediately wrote a reply.
On 16 April 1821, Fanny Brawne copied a section of this letter in her correspondence to Keats's sister, Fanny Keats.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s ninth letter, written on 21 May 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
This extract of Bright Star by John Keats is read by Norma, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
On 6 March 1821, Joseph Severn wrote to Keats’s publisher John Taylor, detailing the events after Keats’s death in Rome. The letter was received in London on 3 April and Taylor immediately wrote a reply.
This letter is read by Paul Hurstfield for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
On 6 March 1821, Joseph Severn wrote to Keats’s publisher John Taylor, detailing the events after Keats’s death in Rome. The letter was received in London on 3 April and Taylor immediately wrote a reply.
This extract is read by Ryan O’Grady for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s eighth letter, written on 27 March 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
On 17 March 1821, Charles Brown received a letter from Joseph Severn, containing the news that Keats had died. The letter was written four days after his death but, due to the time it took for post to reach England from Italy, Keats’s friends and loved ones in London had to wait nearly a month to hear of the tragic events which had taken place in Rome on the 23 February 1821.
This letter is read by Ryan O’Grady for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s sixth letter, written on 26th February 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s sixth letter, written on 1st February 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s fifth letter, written on 15 January 1821.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s fourth letter, written on 4 December 1820.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. They began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This is Fanny Brawne’s third letter, written on 27 November 1820.
'Four seasons fill the measure of the year' – read by Heather for 'This Trip to Italy'.
Extract from verse letter 'To my brother George' read by Paul for 'This Trip to Italy'.
Before he parted from Fanny Brawne and left Wentworth Place, Keats asked her to write to his sister, Fanny Keats. She first wrote to her on Monday 18 September 1820, the day after Keats had sailed from London. This began a correspondence of 31 letters over a four-year period.
This extract is read by Darcy Keeble Watson, for the #Keats200 bicentenary programme.