'three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on': Jane Austen offered this advice in a letter to Anna Austen in September 1814. Launching in March 2025, the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, Pamela is undertaking to offer a series of study days on each of Jane Austen's novels, focussing on familial relationships. The second in the series is:
Single days on each of her other novels will be offered over the next eighteen months.
The fee for the day will remain at 25 pounds (half-day 15 pounds).
We welcome suggestions of literary, theatrical or cinematic topics for inclusion in our Spring 2026 programme. Please do speak to us in the autumn or email studydays@deliveringshakespeare.com