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2015, September 26, Jane Austen’s Portsmouth And the Dynamics of the Price Family

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At the Saturday, Sept. 26, meeting of the St. Louis Metropolitan Region, Jane Austen Society of North America, members and guests experienced not one but two insightful presentations concerning Austen’s 1814 novel Mansfield Park. The presentations were offered by members Phyllis Thorpe and Toby Benis. Last year, at JASNA’s Montreal … READ ON →

To Forgive is Divine – and Practical, Too

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Robert Mai, a local member of the Metropolitan St. Louis Region of the Jane Austen Society of America, has written an article that is published on Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line. Robert Mai is a principal in Stakeholder Insights, an opinion research firm in St. Louis.  He teaches courses … READ ON →

In Memoriam

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  Our national organization reports, via the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, that Austen fans have lost another author and long-time advocate of Jane Austen. Marie Dobbs made an interesting life for herself and penned other works besides her 1975 completion of Sanditon, as her Telegraph obituary indicates: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11790472/Marie-Dobbs-author-obituary.html Last month, the … READ ON →

20th Anniversary of Clueless, Updated Story to Emma

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This is a link to an article about Clueless and its 20th anniversary.  A freelance writer, Melissa Meinzer for St. Louis Magazine, “online” interviewed our JASNA – St. Louis Regional Coordinator, Rose Marie Nester,  about the parallels between Jane Austen’s Emma and Clueless.  As you may know, the writer/director of Clueless updated the story of Emma. http://www.stlmag.com/arts/on-its-20th-anniversary-clueless-comes-to-art-hill/  Ms. Meinzer  was also kind enough to add the St. Louis website to the article.  (Unfortunately, she had the wrong year for the 200th anniversary of Emma.)

Kara Louise: How She Came to Writing and Jane Austen and Where It Led

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Kara Louise's novel Darcy's Voyage - program presentation at Jane Austen Society in St. Louis

On June 6, members of the St. Louis Region of JASNA and their guests congregated at the lovely home of member Bettye Dew to enjoy one of her delectable luncheons and then a delightful presentation by author Kara Louise. Ms. Louise (her pen name) recounted the story of her exploration … READ ON →