Jane Austen Exhibit at the Morgan Library opens Friday

Lucky us on the East Coast! The Morgan Library in New York will be opening A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy from November 6, 2009, through March 14, 2010. Click on this link for schedules and other information.

The online exhibition includes:

Film
The Divine Jane is a short documentary film specially commissioned for the exhibition and examines the influence of Austen's fiction—and her enduring fame—through interviews with leading writers, scholars, and actors.

Lady Susan facsimile
The first seven letters of the manuscript are shown here, accompanied by an audio recording.

Selected images
See selected images from the exhibition with descriptions.

Pride and Prejudice drawing by Isabel Bishop