The JASNA Reading Group will meet on February19th at 2:30 to discuss Persuasion, vol. 2 by Jane Austen. A Zoom invitation and discussion questions will be sent out to registered members shortly before the event. Please contact reading group organizer, Nancy Kleinert, if you wish to attend.

Persuasions Volume 40

The JASNA Reading Group will meet on March 19th at 2:30 to discuss Master and Commander by Patrick O'brian. A Zoom invitation and discussion questions will be sent out to registered members shortly before the event. Please contact reading group organizer, Nancy Kleinert, if you wish to attend.

The Making of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser

Matthew Sheldon, Executive Director of Museum Operations of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, will talk about the depiction of the Royal Navy within political and social satire of the Regency period and in particular what it shows of the Navy’s impact on Regency society. There are strong links here with Jane Austen as […]

The JASNA Reading Group will meet on April 9th at 2:30 to discuss five essays from Persuasions #42. The essays we are discussing are: "Pens and Needles: Letter Writing and Needlework as Female Resources" by Maggie Lane, pg. 140 "Southampton to Sanditon: Invalids, Fashionable Cures, and Patent Medicines as Inspiration and Source Material for Jane […]