Jane Austen: Her Life and Works
A literary lecture by Susannah Fullerton OAM | SOLD OUT | Wednesday 15 May 2024 | 6:00pm
The 6 most polished, controlled and elegant social comedies to be found in English literature were written by a woman whose personal life was unexciting and confined. Jane Austen’s genius, cool judgment, and ironic detachment gave her novels a depth and charm which contributes to their enduring popularity, two centuries after they were written.
In this lecture, Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia and author of several books about Jane Austen, shares her passion for Austen’s novels and her interest in her life and times. Illustrations will bring the Regency world to life and readings will remind audiences just how funny Jane Austen can be.
About the speaker
Susannah Fullerton loves nothing more than sharing her passion for great writers with audiences around Australia and overseas. She has been president of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, the largest literary society in this country, for almost thirty years. She is Patron of the Rudyard Kipling Society of Australia and a member of other literary societies. Susannah leads popular literary tours to the UK, France, Italy and the USA for Australians Studying Abroad. She is the author of several books, and publishes a regular newsletter titled ‘Notes from a Book Addict’. In 2017 Susannah was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to literature as an author, lecturer and historian.
DETAILS
When:
SOLD OUT | Wednesday 15 May 2024 | 6:00pm
Cost:
General: $25 | 2-lecture package (with The Importance of Being Oscar: The Life and Works of Oscar Wilde): $45
TDRF Member: $22.50 | 2-lecture package (with The Importance of Being Oscar: The Life and Works of Oscar Wilde): $40
Limited parking available on-site.
Wheelchair accessible.
Link Image: Cassandra Austen (1773–1845) artist, Jane Austen c.1810 (detail), pencil and watercolour on paper. National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 3630.
