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Mapping Sotherton

Jane Austen Summer Program co-director Inger Brodey knows her way around Sotherton Park — judging by the hypothetical map she created...

Behind the scenes of JASP’s annual theatricals

Every year the Jane Austen Summer Program takes to the stage — not for a lecture or discussion panel but for a theatrical written,...

Mrs. Norris vs. Lady Catherine de Bourgh

They’re both characters readers love to hate, but in a head-to-head matchup who comes out on top?

Five times Edmund Bertram drove you crazy

Ever read a book and wanted to shake some sense into a character? “Mansfield Park’s” Edmund might just be one of those characters. For...

6 things you might not know about ‘Emma’ (footnote edition)

There are countless editions of “Emma.” The program’s preferred edition is the Penguin Classic. I happened to read David M. Shapard’s...

What’d she say? Jane Austen on ‘Emma’

Last week we had a roundup of what critics, readers and Jane Austen’s friends/family had to say about Emma when it was first published....

Early reviews: What they said about ‘Emma’

With “Emma”, Jane Austen was unsure how the public would take to her heroine — whom she knew no one but herself would much like. Now...