“She had…a fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.” Fanny Price’s sentiment was shared August 29 by thirty-one attendees who logged into Zoom for the JASNA-NC Virtual Book Club’s meeting on Mansfield Park. Austen’s first novel composed entirely in adulthood has long sparked debate among her fans, and this occasion proved no exception. Erin Handly…
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The JASNA-North Carolina July meeting took place on July 18, facilitated by treasurer Sue Scott. Jane Austen died on this day in 1817. Member Survey Karin Wiberg, regional coordinator, presented the summary results of the May 2021 NC member survey. We had about a 60% response rate, out of about 100 members surveyed. Some key findings and decisions: People were…
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JASNA-NC Social Media Accounts Here are the social media accounts JASNA-North Carolina is on, with images of what our accounts look like so you know you are following/liking the right one. Most of our posts are shared across all three platforms, so if you’re only on one of them, you’ll get pretty much everything. Also, we have Facebook and Instagram…
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By Dan Read Jane Austen famously wrote that the focus of her books was limited: “Three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on.” Karen Tei Yamashita, in Sansei and Sensibility, explores the connection between Austen’s work and the “very confined and provincial space in which our social contracts and our relationships were all…
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By Laine Wood On June 13 JASNA-NC met to learn about Bath in Dr. Sheila Hwang’s presentation “Becoming Bath: How Storytelling Shaped the Spa.” Dr. Hwang discussed the history of Bath, starting with its establishment by the Romans, who took full advantage of a natural hot spring in the area. The Romans built baths and a temple in the valley…
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