A sheet of the Sanditon Manuscript in which we find the following: In Chapter 7 the young baronet Sir Edward Denham expounds to Charlotte Heywood on his (dubious) taste in literature. From the website: http://www.pemberley.com/litcomp/litJA.html

Learn English Country Dancing with JASNA-NY on Thursdays Jan 22nd, Jan 29th, Feb 5th 2009. Registration is $30 per person. For more information please visit their website or click here: http://www.jasnany.org/pdf/ComeDance.pdf

From your co-regional coordinators-Joan & Meredith-we wish all our fellow Janeites a very Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanza! Enjoy this holiday season!

Colleen McCullough, bestselling author of the modern classic, The Thorn Birds, and the epic Masters of R om e series, now applies her formidable storytelling gifts to an imaginative sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. THE INDEPENDENCE OF MISS MARY BENNET (Simon & Schuster; January 1, 2009; $26.00) at last gives Mary—the often-neglected middle … Continue reading Book Suggestion: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet →

"Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation." --Emma

Cambridge University Press is proud to publish the "standard critical edition of all Austen's works." The final volume in the series, Later Manuscripts, is being published in just three short weeks. Order now to save 10% on this volume by using the discount code AUSTEN when ordering.To celebrate its completion, the entire nine-volume series of … Continue reading Not too late to really get what you want for Christmas… →

Our next Central Jersey JASNA event is scheduled for February 1, at 2pm in Freehold. We are going to be discussing the unfinished novel Sanditon. Please RSVP via our e-mail address.

The UK Daily Mail had a very funny article about the Jane Austen Museum having to stop people from scattering ashes in her garden. Click here to view the article.Thanks to JASNA NY for sharing.

JASNA NY's March Speaker, Jane Cleland, has a fun article on her blog, called Staging the Scene: The Story Behind the New York Times Story. Those of you who live in Manhattan or any other big city will be able to relate. click here to read it.

JASNA NY member Carla Davidson wrote an article entitled, "The Tea and Sympathy". It is educational and entertaining. To read this wonderful article about social networking: http://www.jasnany.org/pdf/CreativeLivingJAusten.pdf