Hurricane Sandy Recovery

I want to start out by saying that our thoughts and prayers are with those who were struck the hardest by this storm.I would like to provide everyone with some links to help in your recovery today.First are power outage maps provided by Jersey Central Power & Light and PSE&G. (The PSE&G map might take … Continue reading Hurricane Sandy Recovery →

Celebrating Pride and Prejudice

Celebrating Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the first publication of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen’s best-loved novel. To mark this special occasionHazel Jones and Maggie Lane have written this beautifully illustrated 64-page book looking at the history of the work that Jane Austen called her “darling child”.To celebrate the bicentenary … Continue reading Celebrating Pride and Prejudice →

A JASNA PSA

(Is that title enough acronyms for you?)This is just a reminder that when you move to update your address with JASNA.It is very important that you communicate to JASNA yournew address, whenever you move. JASNA News (and any other correspondence) that are not deliverable as addressed are returned. It's been noticed that more than 50% … Continue reading A JASNA PSA →

2013 Meeting Dates

We'll be finishing up 2012 with:November 11 - A small group of us will be going up to see The Heiress on Broadway. Staring Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, and Dan StevensDecember 15 - Jane's Birthday Celebration and Book PollyannaIn 2013 we will be meeting on the following dates: March 16 - Pray Tell Me: The … Continue reading 2013 Meeting Dates →

Fashion in Jane Austen’s Time

Our October Meeting was all about Fashion. Meredith and Jere (pictured above) lead our discussion of the women's fashion during Jane's life. Meredith was wearing the kind of outfit that Mrs. Austen would have worn and Jere was in a dress that Jane would have worn in her 20s. The ladies also shared other examples … Continue reading Fashion in Jane Austen’s Time →

Regency Fashion

Source: maries-jewels-royals.blogspot.co.uk via Anne on PinterestA complete gold and opal parure, consisting of a tiara comb, necklace, two bracelets, earrings and a brooch.Source: napoleon-fashion.com via Anne on PinterestShawl. Silk and wool. Scotland, 1815-20.Source: lesleyannemcleod.blogspot.com via Anne on PinterestA pair of pink glace kid slippers with stylized pattern of black floral moverall (stenciled!); pointed toe; very … Continue reading Regency Fashion →

Spencer jacket, early 19th century (back)

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Austen, Dickens, & Rushdie

I have written and spoken elsewhere about my debt to the oral narrative traditions of India, and also to those great Indian novelists Jane Austen and Charles Dickens - Austen for her portraits of brilliant women caged by the social convention of their time, women whose Indian counterparts I knew well; Dickens for his great, … Continue reading Austen, Dickens, & Rushdie →

CNJ JASNA @ the Annual General Meeting!

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