In celebration of the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, we are very excited to announce the Jane Austen Book Club here at Hatchards! Over the next year, we hope you can join us as we meet monthly to discuss each of Jane Austen's novels in turn.
The meetings will alternate between Hatchards, Piccadilly and Hatchards St. Pancras, with this month's meeting taking place at our Piccadilly shop.
Hosted by Hatchards booksellers Siena James and Rachel Holdway!
This month's book is: Persuasion
Jane Austen's moving late novel of missed opportunities and second chances centres on Anne Elliot, no longer young and with few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she was persuaded by others to break off her engagement to poor, handsome naval captain Frederick Wentworth. What happens when they meet again is movingly told in Austen's last completed novel. Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, and a mature, tender love story tinged with heartache.
Do join us for what promises to be an evening of scintillating discussion!
Your ticket includes a glass of wine or soft drink and £3 off the price of next month's book.
