Co-sponsored by the Abigail Adams Institute
JANE AUSTEN’S
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Wednesdays, 6:00PM
Begins September 18, Fall Term
Harvard Catholic Center/St. Paul’s, Cambridge, MA
Jane Austen (1775-1817) has been widely acclaimed for her finely textured novels set among the English gentry, exploring psychology, social mores, and moral character through the drama of courtship and marriage. She is best known for her works Pride and Prejudice and Emma, which have been told and retold for the appreciation of her countless readers. Her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, follows the lives of the Dashwood sisters as they attempt to find love and security after the death of their father leaves them in a precarious financial position. This group will read the novel and explore Austen’s ideas on aesthetics, realism, and moral philosophy, asking as well how these may apply to Catholic Social Teaching. Dinner provided.
Free copies of the book will be provided to registered participants, available for pick up in advance from the HCF office, or at the first meeting.
Group led by HCF Undergraduate Fellow Isaac Jirak.
OPEN TO BOSTON AREA UNDERGRAD/GRAD/RECENT GRADS - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
IN-PERSON ONLY
Thomas Wilmer Dewing, In the Garden, painting, c. 1892-1894, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.