Tuesday 16 December, 12.30-1.30
Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG
Jane Austen is 250 on this date. In this talk, Professor Kathryn Sutherland considers objects that bring us closer to this most enigmatic of English writers: dancing slippers, a music book, a muslin shawl, a wallpaper fragment, a London front door, a theatre bill, Mr Darcy’s shirt. These objects tell their own stories; but glimpsed aslant, Austen’s life becomes a moment in their lives. Free, but register at https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2025/dec/celebrating-jane-austen-at-250