A party can reveal the truth: with everyone in the same space at the same time, it's hard to prevent secrets from coming out. 

In this Study, we'll read from a climactic party scene in Jane Austen's first novel, which narrates the coming-of-age of two sisters in the socially regulated milieu of eighteenth century England. We'll think about the kinds of attention that people give to other people at parties, and will play with the attention demanded by a dreaded truth irreversibly revealed.

Text: Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility 

Date: Mon, Feb 23 • 7pm

Location: Washington Square Park with Connor & Jonathan