Welcome
to the world of Jane Austen's early writings,
novels, letters, life and times.

Whether you are a seasoned Jane Austen enthusiast or a first time reader, you will find a course to enrich your contextual knowledge and appreciation of this sharply observant, enduringly popular novelist.

Choose from a range of five-day or weekend residential courses at various attractive venues in the UK.

Shorter talks, day-long sessions and guided walks in Bath, Chawton, Lyme Regis and Sidmouth can be arranged to suit you.

JANE AUSTEN AND MARRIAGE

Hazel's new book is now available in the UK.
It is due to be published in the rest of the world in July.

‘A masterful account of the crucial role played by marriage in Jane Austen's novels and the world she and her characters lived in.

Brilliantly researched and documented, Jane Austen and Marriage offers deep insights that inform not only one's reading of Austen's novels, but of the treacherous social bedrock underlying the lives of women living in that time.

It is a book that reflects Jane Austen's own penetrating gaze and insight into Regency society and no doubt will find a place in the library of even the most sophisticated "Janeite".'

Alice Steinbach, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman.

For details, click the button

Next Courses

Mon 13 to Fri 17 July - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at The Hill, Abergavenny
(There are still places available)

This is likely to be the last course at The Hill as Coleg Gwent proposes to close the centre at the end of August 2009. More details can be found at hill.coleggwent.ac.uk
The course JANE AUSTEN IN BATH arranged at The Hill for October, will now run from The Ammerdown Centre.

Mon 20 to Fri 24 July - JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD at Marlborough College Summer School. (Course CS:96)
Details are available on Marlborough College Summer School website. Click on the Summer School link above.

DETAILS OF OTHER COURSES IN 2009
are on the Course Calendar page.

New in 2009

Hazel is returning to Urchfont Manor with a course on Emma in June.
Click here to go to the Urchfont Manor page.

Marlborough College Summer School - Mon 20 to Fri 24July.

Courses in 2010

These are being arranged and details will appear soon. There will be a new venue - Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire.