Jane Austen | Image courtesy of Britannica.com

Only two things kept Jane Austen from being the perfect Regency woman -- a sarcastic sense of humor and her refusal to marry without love. Austen’s devastating appraisals of contemporary society guaranteed the success of her novels and even gained her the favor of the Price Regent himself!

Lydia Craig

Hear more about this fascinating woman, with emphasis on her novel, Emma, from presenter Lydia Craig, a Ph.D. candidate in Victorian Studies at Loyola University Chicago and co-founder of Loyola’s Victorian Society. Presented by Edgewater Village Chicago.

Join Edgewater Chicago Village, the Edgewater Branch Library, and Friends of the Edgewater Library as we celebrate ”Emma Fest” throughout the month of June.