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Image of a couple in a horse drawn carriage. Mapping Austen's World: Movement and Journeys in the 19th Century. January 19, 2018
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  • Juli McLoone
Register Now | Mapping Austen’s World: Movement and Journeys in the 19th Century | January 19, 2018
In honor of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, the Nineteenth-Century Forum and the University of Michigan Library are excited to offer a one-day interdisciplinary conference on Friday, January 19, 2018, exploring movement, mapping, and margins within the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Attendance is free, but we ask that participants register by January 10, 2018, as space for some sessions is limited. A complimentary lunch will be served for those who register.
Beyond the Reading Room
Cover of The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
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  • Vicki J Kondelik
The Duke's Children by Anthony Trollope
The Duke's Children is the last novel in Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, about Parliamentary politics in Victorian England. It's a classical story of generational conflict, as the Duke of Omnium, former Prime Minister, struggles to come to terms with his three grown children's choices in love and politics.
Lost in the Stacks