Registration Tuition for this course is $200. 10% off for Rosenbach members and the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This course is limited to participants who are 18 years of age or older. This course is held in person at the Rosenbach and the Mütter Museum. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. (more…)
Women novelists of the 19th and 18th centuries traveled different routes to find readership for their work. Some used male or deliberately ambiguous pseudonyms; others published anonymously before claiming their creations. Through early editions and manuscripts of Frances Burney, Mary Shelley, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and George Elliot, we will explore the ingenuity these immortal writers used to bring their masterpieces before the public.
Join us for a monthly journey through Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was the first serialized novel written by Dickens and was published in 20 monthly parts (2-3 chapters per month) from March 1836-October 1837. Edward G. Pettit and a rotating set of Dickensian cohosts will talk about (more…)
Portable Magic explores how, when, and why books became so iconic. Every book is designed to influence our reading experience—to enchant, enrage, delight, and disturb us—and our long-standing love affair with books in turn has had direct, momentous consequences across time.
Registration Admission is $45, or $15 per session. Members pay $36, or $12 per session. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected] This program is for those 18 and older. Description As a (more…)
Behind the Bookcase tours are sponsored by William and Anna Marie Petersen Registration Admission is $25. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach. Visitors are required to wear masks at the event. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If (more…)
The game is afoot to ferret out the realm of detective and spy literature at The Rosenbach. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to explore early mystery stories, examine an original cypher belonging to a female Civil War spy, and exercise your sleuthing skills to detect a forgery.
Austen, an inventive writer beginning in her teenage years, knew well what it was like to aspire to more than women were supposed to and to face hard choices about balancing creative work and family obligations. We will read and discuss Emma in relation to Austen’s life and career, her involvement in the publication of her novels, and the critical praise her works received during and after her lifetime.
This program is sponsored by Lenore Steiner and Perry Lerner. Registration Admission is $15. Student Admission is $10. 50% off for Rosenbach members, free for the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This is an in-person program at The Rosenbach Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 (more…)
Registration Tuition for this course is $250. 10% off for Rosenbach members and the Delancey Society. Not a member? Learn more. This course is limited to participants who are 18 years of age or older. Please check your spam folder for your email confirmation. If you have questions, please call (215) 732-1600 or email [email protected] Registration opens (more…)