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Thursday 18 May – What is a Literary Coterie and Why Does It Matter (in the Eighteenth Century)? Professor Betty Schellenberg. 6.30pm drinks reception for 7.00pm talk.
Professor Betty Schellenberg tells the stories of several widely divergent literary coteries that flourished in the middle of the eighteenth century – whether centred in a country house, a suburban grotto, an ornamental farm, a London mansion, or the virtual space of handwritten letters. The distinctive characteristics of these tight-knit networks in fact gave rise to some of the most “modern” features of eighteenth-century print publication.
Wednesday 21 June – Comic Muse: How Jane Austen loved the theatre and why she works in Hollywood Dr Paula Byrne. 6.30pm drinks reception for 7.00pm talk.
As part of the Regency Week celebrations, Chawton House Library welcomes Dr Paula Byrne, author of the most recent biography of Jane Austen, The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things (2013). In her talk, she explores Austen’s lifelong love of the theatre, and her continuing popularity on stage and screen today.
Sunday 9th July - Jane Austen: The Banker’s Sister by E. J. Clery, 3pm talk by the author, followed by a drinks reception and book sales.
Money talks in Jane Austen. This is its story. Professor E. J. Clery's talk focuses on the significance of Henry Austen’s business in the neighbourhood of Alton, where he was partner in a country bank, and in Chawton village itself. During the economic downturn beginning in 1814, the bank began to run into trouble, and the repercussions can be seen in the last two novels Jane Austen wrote, Emma and Persuasion.
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