2021 JASNA Essay Contest – Winners

This year's essay contents topic was Jane Austen in the Arts As the JASNA website stated:"Jane Austen played the piano, embroidered, and attended art exhibits and the theater. The arts also played a role in her novels. In your essay, discuss how Austen uses the arts - whether to reveal character, address social standing, advance … Continue reading 2021 JASNA Essay Contest – Winners →

Friday Link Up

Here are some Internet stories you may have missed: A truly elegant period villa just a few minutes from Cheltenham racecourse that’s full of potential - Country Life Is ‘Persuasion’ the Jane Austen story we all need right now? - The Christian Science Monitor The books that shaped me: Susanna Clarke - Good HousekeepingClarke won … Continue reading Friday Link Up →

Podcasting with Jane – Kicking Ass in a Corset

More than 200 years ago, at a time when women in England had very few rights, Jane Austen wrote novels featuring strong, intelligent women with principles. Certainly, they had their faults and, of course, romance does play a central role in all of her novels but the thinking, feeling, authentic women she created have inspired … Continue reading Podcasting with Jane – Kicking Ass in a Corset →

Friday Link Up

Some Internet stories you might have missed: Bridgerton Fans Can Attend a Real-Life Version of the Queen's Ball with New Immersive Event - People Mathew Baynton on Ghosts, clowning and his inner Regency era poet - Royal Television Society Wait, Will Regé-Jean Page's Duke Of Hastings Actually Appear In Bridgerton Season 2 On Netflix? - … Continue reading Friday Link Up →

Join JASNA-NJ for a discussion ofWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell

Join JASNA-NJ on Saturday, September 18 at 2pm to discuss Elizabeth Gaskell's classic Wives and Daughters. Goodreads describes the novel as such:Set in English society before the 1832 Reform Bill, Wives and Daughters centers on the story of youthful Molly Gibson, brought up from childhood by her father. When he remarries, a new step-sister enters Molly's quiet … Continue reading Join JASNA-NJ for a discussion ofWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell →

Friday Linkup

Some Internet stories you may have missed: Her View: Austen, politics, and wildflowers: reasons to write - Moscow-Pullman Daily News Six summer reads from Oxford World’s Classics - Oxford University Press 'I watched Downton Abbey for the very first time and this is what I thought' - HampshireLive What has been filmed at Burghley House? … Continue reading Friday Linkup →

Regency-Related Events

Kicking Ass in a Corset by Andrea Kayne is now available as an audiobook on Audible and Apple Books. Registration for the 2021 AGM in Chicago is under way. There are still slots available for conference admission, workshops, and hotel rooms. You can find more information here. Do you like to experience the world of … Continue reading Regency-Related Events →