Once again, Doctor Jane Mackay sheds new light on the lives and literary intentions of some of the world’s great writers.

Probably Austen's most well -loved novel, it is also a master class in creative writing! We will be looking at how Austen transformed what was originally a totally epistolary novel into a love story with the lightest of touches. Her talent for caricature and her observation of human foibles has never been more available to us.