Course: Persuasion by Jane Austen

Registration

• Registration will open to Delancey Society members on December 12, to members on December 19, and to the public on December 26.
• Tuition for this reading group is $150.
• Rosenbach members at the Contributor level and above receive a 10% discount on tuition. Please call 215-732-1600 x123 or email [email protected] to register at the discount.
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Persuasion by Jane Austen

Persuasion is the last novel that Jane Austen completed. Anne Elliot is 28, in the autumn of her courtship years. She’s not as persuadable as she was when she was 19 and refused a suitor. Will she have a second chance? And will she use it or squander it? We’ll discuss Austen’s wit and style as well as characters and themes. We’ll also watch clips from various film adaptations and see whether they got it right or not.

We hope that course participants will also want to register for Jane Austen Day, hosted by the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA)- Eastern PA Region at the Merion Cricket Club on April 21, a day long conference celebrating Austen’s novel Persuasion. This is a separate event from our course and registration can be found here.

Syllabus

Syllabus – Persuasion taught by Susan Lear Weisgrau

About the Instructor

Susan Lear Weisgrau is a retired English teacher who taught for 30 years at Akiba Hebrew Academy.  She’s on the board of the Regional Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America. Susan was smitten with Austen long before Colin Firth jumped into a pond. Persuasion is her favorite Austen novel.

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