Join JASNA-NJ for a presentation by Kim Guyer focusing on personality types in Austen's novels. Join JASNA-NJ and Kim Guyer of JASNA's Nebraska region on July 17th at 2pm. Learn about personality types and how to apply them to the characters in Jane Austen’s novels. Take a personality assessment to see which characters you are … Continue reading Personality Types in Austen’s Literature
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March Program Reminder
Join us for a discussion of Sansei & Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita
Jane Austen’s French Connection / JASNA-NY and JASNA-NJ Supra-regional Conference
A two day event sponsored by JASNA-NY & JASNA-NJ. It leverages Bordentown NJ where the Bonaparte family emigrated after the Napoleonic War.
March Program Information
Join us for a discussion of Sansei & Sensibility by Karen Tei Yamashita
February Program Reminder
Join JASNA-NJ on Saturday, February 20th at 2pm as we discuss Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility.
March Book Discussion Information
Title: Excellent Women Author: Barbara Pym Publication Date: 1952 Synopsis:Excellent Women is one of Barbara Pym's richest and most amusing high comedies. Mildred Lathbury is a clergyman's daughter and a mild-mannered spinster in 1950s England. She is one of those "excellent women," the smart, supportive, repressed women who men take for granted. As Mildred gets embroiled in the … Continue reading March Book Discussion Information
Program Reminder
Juliette Wells’ and Publishing Northanger Abbey: A History in Documents Program date/time: Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 pm Location: Princeton Public Library Parking information: Library parking is available in the Spring Street Garage located adjacent to the library. Drivers may enter the lot from Spring Street or through the library access driveway (Sylvia Beach Way) off … Continue reading Program Reminder
Program Review – The music of Jane Austen in practice and prose
The music of Jane Austen in practice and prose On October 20, the New Jersey Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America sponsored a wonderful program on the music of Jane Austen’s time, presented by period music duo The Practitioners of Musick. The program took place at the public library in Plainsboro. In … Continue reading Program Review – The music of Jane Austen in practice and prose
Program Announcment
"Without music, life would be a blank to me":Jane Austen and the music of her timePlease join us as the period music ensemble The Practitioners of Musick presents an illustrated talk on the music that Jane Austen knew, followed by a performance of music from the Austen family archive at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire, England. … Continue reading Program Announcment
The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy During the Regency Era
The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy During the Regency Era Presented by Andrew Lyter While the weather wasn’t all that great, we had a wonderful presentation at Fort Mott on Sunday, August 18th. We have records and books on the lives of officers in the Royal Navy, but what about those men that served … Continue reading The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy During the Regency Era