Reading Groups

Jane Austen, Early and Late with Joanna Biggs

4 Sessions Saturdays, 11:30 am EDT - 1:00 pm EDT November 2 to November 23, 2024

The Center for Fiction

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The ‘With Books’ option includes the titles required for this group at a 10% discount from our Bookstore.

Meeting Dates:
11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23
In Person at The Center for Fiction

Across four weeks, trace the progression of Jane Austen’s career from her sparkling second novel Pride and Prejudice to her aching and melancholy last finished novel Persuasion. Participants will do a close analysis of Austen’s style—one of the most celebrated in the tradition of the English novel—as well as her structure and plotting.

What to read in advance of the first meeting: The first 50 pages of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

What to expect from this reading group: After providing a bit of essential history and context, instructor Joanna Biggs will lead a fun and informal conversation each session.

Book List:

Capacity: 20

Led by

Joanna Biggs

Joanna Biggs

Joanna Biggs is a senior editor at Harper’s Magazine and the author of A Life of One’s Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again, which was a finalist for the National Award for Arts Writing.

About this series

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Whether you’re looking to catch up on great novels or you’re interested in exploring a new writer or literary period, our reading groups offer high-level literary discussion led by experts in the field.

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