Former JASNA President, Claire Bellanti gave this amazing presentation on circulating libraries at the 2019 AGM. She also gave the talk at the Sacramento Public Library. Enjoy it again or for the first time in this recorded presentation.

“In this illustrated talk, Bellanti explores an 18th-century social institution that was central to Jane Austen in her own life and in her fiction: the Circulating Library.  Her presentation includes a brief history of the circulating library, the development of the novel, publishing in the period, and the interactions between women and the novel. She also includes citations from Austen’s novels and letters to explain the importance of the circulating library and other forms of sharing books in Regency England.”

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