Jane Austen's Persuasion
03 Jun 2024 to 06 Jun 2024
Course Leader: Hazel Jones
Course Date: Monday 3 - Thursday 6 June
Course Options: Residential - £530 Non Residential - £366
Course Timings: Course starts and ends with lunch
Course Code: R1124
Course Information:
Jane Austen’s final published novel recounts Anne Elliot’s sad history of heartache and missed opportunities. Yet all is not lost. Discover how the heroine finds her voice, recovers her bloom and regains her man.
In this in-depth study, we will consider the issues of romance and constancy, silence and eloquence, submission and anger, heartache and hope, against the background of British naval supremacy in the early years of the 19th Century.