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Jane Austen in the 21st Century: Austen's World

Resources for students in English 4853 and beyond.

Austen in Context

This page illustrates the variety and scope of primary sources held in Bass, History of Science and Nichols Collections, which can provide a glimpse into the Jane Austen's world.

Theatre

Bound Collection of Playbills, Theatre Royal Covent Garden (1802-1803)

Science & Technology

A Compendious System of Astronomy (1797)

Commerce & Economics

An Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain (1807)

Geography & Travel

England Displayed (1769) Nichols Collection 914.2 R916e

Bath

History of Bath (1801)

Women - Ladies Education

Dramatic pieces : calculated to exemplify the mode of conduct which will render young ladies both amiable and happy, when their school education is completed (1791)

NOTE: Publication location is New Haven, CT

Transportation

English Pleasure Carriages (1837)

Picturesque

Observations on Several Parts of Great Britain: particularly the High-lands of Scotland, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776 (1808)