S&S used as a theme for Favorite Things

In the most recent copy of Victoria Magazine, quotes from Sense and Sensibility are used to showcase great items found in the marketplace. Check out http://www.victoriamag.com/favorite_things/ for more information. The quotes unfortunately do not appear on the website, but the magazine is worth picking up at B&N or Borders.

Little-known fact about Jane #6

In autumn 2010, the Walt Disney corporation opens The Jane Austen Experience on a 50-acre site on the outskirts of Bath. Visitors are greeted by a 12ft high Jane Austen, dressed in period costume. Jane leads them into The Ballroom, where they can watch Jane dancing to a traditional Regency rhythm with a 15ft high Mr Darcy. Other top exhibits in The Jane Austen Experience include Mansfield Safari Park and a fully automated camping area, Tents and Tentsability. The Austen Arena is proud to present the new musical Emmagination! five times a day, with exclusive lyrics by Sir Tim Rice. There is also a choice of six restaurants, including the awardwinning Fried and Pre-Juiced Dishes.
By Craig Brown The Telegraph 26/01/2008 www.telegraph.co.uk

Pride and Prejudice--the game

Play Pride and Prejudice the game…Pick a couple from the novel, answer trivia questions, then race to the church to get married. From The Ash Grove Press, Inc. http://www.ashgrovepress.com/

Queen's Ware

Josiah Wedgwood presented a creamware breakfast service to Queen Charlotte in 1762. He then permitted to call himself “Potter to the Queen.” And, more importantly, the earthenware pottery gained a title of its own—Queen’s Ware. Lightweight, smooth, and rich with a brilliant, even glaze, it is a sheer delight.

Remembering Tasha Tudor

On June 18, a candle flickered, but, was not extinguished. Tasha Tudor, 92, passed away in her Vermont home surrounded by family and friends. Tasha is known as an illustrator, author, designer, and lover of life and simplicity. While she was not of Jane's time, I think Miss Austen would have enjoyed Tasha's keen eye on life, wit, and humor.

Her family has created an online memorial website and invites all who loved Tasha to share their feelings and memories in the Memory Book section. Memorial Website or visit the Tasha Tudor website at http://tashatudorandfamily.com/index.html

Primroses are found...

This Spring; come out to ramble/ The hilly brakes around,/ For under thorn and bramble/ About the hollow ground/ The primroses are found. –A.E. Houseman

CALL FOR PAPERS

Quodlibet, formerly the CRNLE Reviews Journal, is a freely accessible, fully refereed international e-journal published twice a year by the Department of English, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. The journal aims to publish high-quality academic work produced by scholars associated with tertiary institutions who are conducting research in the areas of Postcolonial literatures, New Literatures in English, International Writing. It is intended to publish one themed issue and one general issue each year.

SPECIAL ISSUE FOR 2009: 'Austen Abroad'Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2009 Nearly 200 years after the publication of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's world-wide popularity is only increasing. How is the international success of these novels to be explained?

Contributions might consider such issues as Austen in translation, Austen's place in cultures and places outside England, Austen in film, Austen sequels, Austen societies in the post-colonial world, attitudes of international writers to Austen. Unpublished papers are invited from researchers in both Australian and overseas universities. Postgraduate and Honours students are encouraged to submit papers. Submission guidelines are available at http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/humanities/exchange/quodlibet/vol1/quod_sub.html

Submissions should be sent by email to the Editor at Gillian.dooley@flinders.edu.au

Juliet McMaster to visit NYC in September

IN SEPTEMBER, JANSA-NY IS THRILLED TO PRESENT A REAL JASNA SUPER STAR!

JULIET MCMASTER

Arguably the all-time favorite JASNA speaker, Professor Juliet McMaster possesses the rare combination of erudition and wit, brilliant scholarship and delightful charm. Whether lecturing, exchanging views with other Austen scholars or simply chatting, Juliet engages, enlightens and enchants her audience. Those who have heard her at an AGM or recall her two previous visits to New York know her as a JASNA star of the first magnitude. This fall, we have planned an entire weekend of special events with our Canadian visitor.

You won't want to miss any of them, so save the dates: September 12-14

Little-known fact about Jane#5

Lifelong fans of Jane Austen's work include Radio 1's Chris Moyles, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, Rick Parfitt of Status Quo and Big Brother star Jade Goody. "To my mind, she has an exquisite understanding of the complexities and nuances of human relationships," argued Moyles on last week's Time for Austen slot of his popular breakfast show.
By Craig Brown The Telegraph 26/01/2008 www.telegraph.co.uk

JA Survey for 2008 AGM

The deadline (6/30) for the Jane Austen Survey 2008 is approaching. You may recall that this survey launched back in January, and the results will be presented at the upcoming AGM.

Response has been excellent (3,000+ participants), but there are always some people who will NOT take a survey until the deadline looms. If you are one of these such folk, please complete the survey.

URL for survey site: http://www.janeaustensurvey.org

Requirements to participate:
Must have read all six major Austen novels
Must consider self a sincere admirer

Things to Bring to Sayen Gardens

The Sayen Gardens for our June 14 picnic will be an excellent location to enjoy a discussion of Emma, the novel which has inspired our event. So, please bring the following:
1. A bag lunch and beverage
2. An excerpt from Emma to share
3. A beach or folding chair (leave in trunk until we are sure adequate seating)-there is a gazebo but my inner-Girl Scout is screaming, "Be Prepared."
4. Sunscreen, sunglasses, sunhat
5. Umbrella-use for shade or impromptu shower
6. Seasonal allergy medications-as we are in a garden :)
7. Sense of adventure

See you there-don't forget to rsvp to Joan.

Don't Forget-June 14 Sayen Gardens

Join us at Sayen Gardens June 14, 2008 @ 1:00 (rain date TBA)

Sayen Gardens was developed by Frederick Sayen, an avid gardener and traveler. He brought plants and flowers from China, Japan and England for his 30 acre home. The Sayen Gardens are located at 155 Hughes Drive Hamilton, NJ 609 890-3874. For directions: http://www.sayengardens.org/

Please bring a lunch and drink. Dessert will be provided. Also, please bring your favorite passage from Emma in honor of our own “Box Hill Picnic.” Please rsvp to Joan at her email address listed in the newsletter or you may e-mail us at our e-mail address listed below in the contact section.

Book Suggestion: Old Friends and New Fancies

Old Friends and New Fancies: An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen
By Sybil G. Brinton


Old Friends and New Fancies distinguishes itself from the spate of Jane Austen sequels we've seen in the last several years in that it was written in 1913—now almost a century ago but, then, just 100 years after the publication of Austen's most famous novel. Furthermore, it is a sequel to all six of Austen's novels. Characters from Northanger Abbey (1798), Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1816), and Persuasion (1818, published posthumously) interact, intertwine, and, of course, eventually intermarry! In the foreword to her book, Sybil G. Brinton acknowledges the presumption and difficulties of the task she has undertaken. Nevertheless she succeeds nicely in imitating the cadences and stylistic nuances of the originals, carrying the characters forward in this pleasing novel.

Origin of the Wardian Case

In 1827, London physician and armchair botanist Nathaniel Ward discovered that his wilting ferns flourished when grown under glass. His discovery--the terrarium—quickly caught on with other gardening enthusiasts. The terrarium would later become known in some circles as a Wardian Case.

Last Sunday's Asbury Park Press

Don't throw away your Asbury Park Press from last Sunday-there is a Jane gem inside. According to our member Barbara, on page E10 there is a column called Direct Answers ( like a dear abby). Q & A type. In an answer to a question - Jane Austen's P&P was referenced. It stated that Lady Catherine is a laggard whose only accomplishment in life was being born to a wealthy family and compared her to the man in question as living in a fantasy world.

Wouldn't Jane be surprised to be giving answers to a lonely hearts column!

Little-known fact about Jane #4

It has often been noted that Jane Austen makes no mention of the Napoleonic wars in any of her novels, even though they were being waged at the time of writing. Yet Austen herself was a senior officer in the 4th Women's Battalion, King's Royal Hussars and saw active service at Ulm in 1805.
By Craig Brown The Telegraph 26/01/2008 www.telegraph.co.uk

The Results are in...

The results of our online poll are in: Mr. Darcy won most romantic hero with a majority 44% of the vote and Sense & Sensibility took 1st in the race for most favorite of the new Masterpiece Theatre series on PBS with 75%.

Tips for pleasing in society, from 1774.

Lord Chesterfield, a British statesman and man of letters, was very preoccupied with worldly success. In his Letters, he bombards his son with advice about how to succeed in society. Samuel Johnson remarked that these letters “teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.” Not exactly a rousing endorsement. Nevertheless, I think Lord Chesterfield has some provocative insights. Here’s an assortment of his advice:

“Pleasing in company is the only way of being pleased in it yourself.”

“The very same thing may become either pleasing or offensive, by the manner of saying or doing it.”

“Even where you are sure, seem rather doubtful; represent, but do not pronounce, and if you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.”

“You will easily discover every man’s prevailing vanity, by observing his favourite topic of conversation; for every man talks most of what he has most a mind to be thought to excel in.”

“The sure way to excel in anything, is only to have a close and undissipated attention while you are about it; and then you need not be half the time that otherwise you must…"

“Dress is a very foolish thing, and yet it is a very foolish thing for a man not to be well dressed.”

“Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.”

http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2007/01/this_wednesday__1.html

Wedding of Maria Allaire

Allaire Village, Wall Twp. will host the "Wedding of Maria Allaire" on Sunday June 8 at 1:30 in Historic Allaire Village Chapel. On June 5, 1836 Maria was married to the manager of the Allaire Works.The bride will ride in a horse drawn carriage. For more information, please visit the website for Allaire Village: www.allairevillage.org.

How will you manage?

But you have no chocolate! I think of that again and again! My dear, how will you ever manage? –Marquise de Sévigné, in a circa 1677 letter to her daughter