Jane Austen In New York
The Morgan Library & Museum's A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250
A Lively Mind immerses viewers in the inspiring story of Jane Austen’s authorship and her gradual rise to international fame. Iconic artifacts from Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, England join manuscripts, books, and artworks from the Morgan, as well as from a dozen institutional and private collections, to present compelling new perspectives on Austen’s literary achievement, her personal style, and her global legacy.
Beginning as a teenager, Austen cultivated her imaginative powers and her ambition to publish. Encouraged by her family, especially her father and her sister Cassandra, she persevered through years of uncertainty. Her creativity found expression in a range of artistic pursuits, from music-making to a delight in fashion. The story of how Americans first encountered and responded to Austen’s novels, unbeknownst to her, emerges from four surviving copies of an unauthorized edition of Emma published during her lifetime. Following Austen’s death, family members preserved their memories of her, while carefully guarding what was publicly revealed. Austen’s audience continued to grow as those who loved her novels helped new generations of readers to appreciate them. In addition to celebrating Austen, A Lively Mind commemorates the landmark gift of Austen manuscripts to the Morgan in 1975 by Alberta H. Burke and draws extensively on the extraordinary collection she bequeathed to Goucher College in Baltimore.
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The Morgan Library & Museum
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New York, NY 10016
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Jane Austen Featured on PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour has a fantastic short video on Austen & how England is celebrating the 250th anniversa
The Jane Austen Society of North America welcomes original short films of 5 minutes or less for their 9th Annual Young Filmmakers Contest.
pbs.org/video/jane-austen-at-250
JASNA Call For Short Films
Jane Austen Short Film Contest
The Jane Austen Society of North America welcomes original short films of 5 minutes or less for their 9th Annual Young Filmmakers Contest.
Free To Enter
Cash & Other Prizes
Must be 30 Years of Age or Younger
Visit jasna.org/programs/young-filmmakers-contest
Book Launch
The Garden District Book Shop - Book Launch: Claudia Gray - The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Claudia Gray will be returning for the launch of her third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, which finds the amateur sleuths facing their most daunting challenge yet: preventing the murder of the imperious Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
The evening will begin at 6:00 PM and Claudia will be joined by Genevieve Essig, New Orleans local and author of the Cassie Gwynne series, to discuss her book. The two will then host a brief Q&A before signing books.
Entry to the event is free and open to the public, however the shop encourages interested parties to RSVP to ensure entry and reserve a copy of the book as space is limited. Additional copies will be available to purchase.
Event Date:
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 - 6:00pm
Event Address:
The Garden District Book Shop2727 Prytania St New Orleans, LA 70130
Jane Austen & Crime - Free Zoom Presentation
July 27, 2024 11 am - 12:30 pm Pacific Time
Jane Austen & Crime with Susannah Fullerton
Which of Jane Austen’s characters commit hanging offenses? Where do suicide and murder appear in her writings? What were the duties of characters who were magistrates and how does Austen use prison imagery in Mansfield Park? Susannah Fullerton’s talk on Jane Austen and Crime, the subject of her acclaimed book, will answer these questions and more! Susannah will be joining us from Sydney, Australia to show us the darker side of Jane Austen, and welcomes you to join her on Zoom. Adultery, elopements to Gretna Green, gambling, suicide, theft and imprisonment are all discussed.
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Articles & Interests
From Plinth to Pen: How the English Country House Inspired the Writings of Jane Austen
Online Seminar Friday June 21, 2024 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET $15
Perhaps no novelist inspired the idealized vision of the English country house more than Jane Austen. Through her sublime writing we are left with romantic images of great houses set in gorgeous landscapes populated by people—flawed and wonderful—who find common ground with decency and kindness. The reality is that Jane herself visited many of the great houses of England and used them as models in almost all of her books. This lecture will examine country houses that inspired Jane and left us with a fanciful world of English rural beauty unequaled in literature.
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Curt DiCamillo
Decorative Arts
Historic Houses
England
curt.dicamillo@nehgs.org
Curt DiCamillo, who joined American Ancestors/NEHGS in February of 2016 as the organization’s first Curator of Special Collections, is an internationally recognized authority on British historic houses and the decorative arts.
