JASNA-NJ meeting, November 15: The Watsons and Sanditon

For Janeites, it’s a source of enduring sadness that Jane Austen completed only six novels in her too-short life. Imagine all the wonderful characters we might have encountered if she had lived another twenty or thirty years! Tantalizingly, two unfinished Austen novels survive—both abandoned by their author at very different moments in her life, and … Continue reading JASNA-NJ meeting, November 15: The Watsons and Sanditon →

JASNA-NJ meeting, October 18: Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar

It’s fair to say that Caroline Bingley, Pride and Prejudice’s quintessential mean girl, is not one of Jane Austen’s most sympathetic characters. As she schemes to outmaneuver Elizabeth Bennet in the competition for Mr. Darcy’s affections (not to mention his big estate), Miss Bingley reveals herself to be arrogant, snobbish, manipulative, and petty. But what … Continue reading JASNA-NJ meeting, October 18: Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar →