Date / Time
- January 17, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Registration
- Admission is $30. Members receive exclusive discounts on our programs and courses. 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].
- Registration opens for Delancey Society members on Friday, December 6th, for Rosenbach members on Friday, December 20th, and for the general public on Friday, January 3rd. Registration opens at 12:00 p.m. ET.
This program is now sold out. Register for waitlist:
Description
Did you first encounter Jane Eyre in a high school class, on a family bookshelf, at the local library, or perhaps in a film adaptation? In this tour, we will see (and even feel!) the various ways Brontë’s brilliant 1847 work has taken physical form, from its first incarnation in three simple, cloth-covered volumes to an early 20th-century binding depicting Jane as an Edwardian beauty. We will hold copies of Brontë’s novels that have passed through the hands of Lewis Carroll, Marianne Moore, and Maurice Sendak—into our own. And we will examine one of the Rosenbach’s great treasures: a preface to Jane Eyre in the author’s own hand, in which she famously cautions small-minded critics that “appearance should not be mistaken for truth.” Bring your own beloved copy of any of the Brontë authors’ novels to this special Behind the Bookcase tour as we consider how any book—whether a pristine first edition or a tattered paperback—constitutes a treasure as long as we cherish it.
About Behind the Bookcase: Hands-on Tours at The Rosenbach
Behind the Bookcase: Hands-on Tours offer unparalleled access to see, and even touch, rare and important items not usually on view to the public. Each program is dedicated to a different author, theme, or topic and grants a truly hands-on experience with materials in The Rosenbach’s inspiring collection.
See all upcoming tours here. Space is limited and advance registration is strongly recommended.
Date / Time
- January 17, 2025
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm