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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Regency Advice
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Regency Advice for Living. 1820s Tips for Living. In 1820, English writer Sydney Smith wrote a letter to an unhappy friend, Lady Morpeth, in which he offered her tips for cheering up. His suggestions are as sound now as they were almost 200 years ago. 1st Live as well as you dare. 2nd Go into the shower-bath with a small quantity of water at a temperature low enough to give you a slight sensation of cold, 75 or 80 degrees. 4th Short views of human life—not further than dinner or tea. 19th Be firm and con...
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Jane Austen Bio
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St Nicholas Church, Steventon. As a child Austen began writing comic stories, now referred to as the Juvenilia. Her first mature work, composed when she was about 19, was a novella, Lady Susan, written in epistolary form (as a series of letters). This early fiction was preserved by her family but was not published until long after her death. Jane Austen’s novels have never been out of print and are often included on lists of readers’ favorites. Her surviving letters are also a source of e...J E Austen-Le...
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Meetings and Events
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Here's what we have planned for 2016. Meeting at library to discuss Pride and Prejudice. Sunday, April 24. Meeting at the Proprietary House in Perth Amboy for a tour and tea. Sunday, June 19. This date may change, we are looking into a tour of the David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing, PA. Sunday, August 21. Duke Farms in Hillsborough Township for a visit to orchid house followed by our Box Hill Picnic and a discussion of Longbourn by Jo Baker. Sunday, October 16. Thank you for ...
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: It's Monday! What are you reading? - Back Issues of Persuasions
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What are you reading? Back Issues of Persuasions. This is a meme. Hosted by Book Journey. I went out to lunch last week (a treat to myself on my evening shift) and forgot to grab something to read. In my trunk there is a bag of back issues of Persuasions. I dug through and found this treasure:. It's great to look at this issue and see how much JASNA has grown in the last 30 years, including the addition of our region. If you would like to read the articles from this issue you can find them digitized here.
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: List of Works
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Play) (1793, 1800). Plan of a Novel. Juvenilia — Volume the First. The Adventures of Mr. Harley. Memoirs of Mr. Clifford. Juvenilia — Volume the Second. The History of England. A Collection of Letters. The first Act of a Comedy. A Letter from a Young Lady. A Tour through Wales. Juvenilia — Volume the Third. Catharine, or the Bower. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Need to contact us. Just drop us an email at cnjjasna {at} gmail {dot} com. Enter your email address:. Subscribe to our Newsletter.
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Wordless Wednesday #81
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Posted by Central NJ JASNA. Thank you for visiting our website. We invite you to comment on our content. Of course, Lady Catherine would believe us all to behave like gentlemen and ladies, so please let us not disappoint her. Also, please leave comments in English, as only Lady Catherine, had she ever studied a foreign language, would be a great profient enough to read such comments. (Merci! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Need to contact us. Just drop us an email at cnjjasna {at} gmail {dot} com.
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Read Jane-Now What?
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At our meetings we spend nearly a half hour just talking about our recent reads. Many of us frantically try to write it all down. So, we decided that a list of our suggestions is the best way to do it. You can find our full list of books mentioned at meetings and here on the blog over at our LibraryThing page. Here is a list of our recommended series:. Thursday Next Series by Jasper Fforde. Temeraire Series by Naomi Novik. Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris. Books by Penelope Lively. Followers ...
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Affiliates | Washington Regency Society
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The Washington Regency Society is a group unto itself, and is closely affiliated with the Oregon Regency Society. Many of our members belong to both the WRS and the ORS. All the Regency Groups are part of the Regency Society of America. Bay Area English Regency Society (BAERS). Regency Society of America. Regency Society of the Heartland (Nebraska). Somewhere in Time Unlimited (SITU). Beyond Reality Costumers Guild (BRCG). Jane Austen Society of North America Puget Sound Region (JASNA).
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Wordless Wednesday #80
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Source: Queen Louise of Prussia riding habit with portrait done by Wilhelm Ternite via CNJ JASNA. Posted by Central NJ JASNA. Thank you for visiting our website. We invite you to comment on our content. Of course, Lady Catherine would believe us all to behave like gentlemen and ladies, so please let us not disappoint her. Also, please leave comments in English, as only Lady Catherine, had she ever studied a foreign language, would be a great profient enough to read such comments. (Merci!
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Jane Austen Society of North America-- Central New Jersey Region: Podcasting with Jane Austen - Jane Austen bio
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Podcasting with Jane Austen - Jane Austen bio. The last Podcasting with Jane post I told you about Stuff You Should Know. Another podcast, produced by the same parent company How Stuff Works, is Stuff You Missed in History Class. I just recently started to listen to this one and while I don't listen to all the topics they have covered some really interesting areas of information. Some recent episodes have been The Lady Who Turned To Soap. For a list of the research done on this podcast. Need to contact us.
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