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All Day Meeting
11 am Felicity Day, author of The Game of Hearts: True Stories of Regency Romance
Her topic: “The real women who lived out Jane Austen’s storylines”
See Austen’s plots and some of her most memorable female characters from a different perspective as we delve into diaries, letters and newspaper reports to discover their real-world parallels – from the decisions made by women with paltry marriage portions like the Bennet sisters, to the fate of errant wives like Mrs Rushworth.
12 noon Dr Cheryl Butler, Honorary Fellow at University of Winchester
“Jane Austen ‘in Training to be a heroine’: Jane Austen in Southampton”
This talk examines Jane’s two visits and one residency in Southampton and the influence of the town on the development of Jane as an author.
Lunch by own arrangement
230pm Patricia Clarke Memorial Lecture – Professor Kathryn Sutherland of Oxford University: “Jane Austen in 41 Objects”
Followed by complimentary tea, coffee and cakes
Each talk £10 for members and £12 for non members
All welcome!
