Virtual Talk: Jane Austen's Development as a Writer

Join acclaimed scholar Collins Hemingway for a fascinating virtual talk canvassing all of Jane Austen’s novels and unpublished manuscripts, exploring how her craft as a novelist evolved throughout her two decades of writing. We’ll cover the structural issues in Northanger Abbey, the origin of Sense and Sensibility as an epistolary novel, and Jane Austen’s fresh start stylistically with Pride and Prejudice. We’ll go on to see how Jane Austen applies the lessons of her apprenticeship in her mature Chawton novels, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion, and explore how she increasingly delves into the minds of her characters using innovative writing techniques through the last three books.

This fascinating talk sits alongside our permanent exhibition Jane Austen and the Art of Writing – celebrating Jane Austen as a brilliant and ambitious writer throughout her life.

DETAILS:
Date: Thursday 18 September 2025
Time: 8pm – 9pm (BST)
Location: This event will take place online. Join us from the comfort of your own home!
Tickets: £7
BOOK HERE: https://janeaustens.house/events/virtual-talk-jane-austens-development-as-a-writer/

📖 This event is part of our Persuasion and Poetry Festival, running from 12-21 September 2025

You may also like the following events from Jane Austen's House:

• This Tuesday, 5th August, 06:00 pm, Virtual Book Club: Persuasion in Alton, Hampshire
• Next Saturday, 16th August, 09:00 am, Waking Up The House in Liss
• Next month, 2nd September, 06:00 pm, Virtual Book Club: Northanger Abbey in Fleet, Hampshire

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