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25 October 2005

Happy Early Birthday, Jane Austen!

Filed under: Austen Societies and Events — Tasha @ 12:13 am

Virginia Solomon of the Northern California branch of JASNA wrote to tell us about their “Jane Austen’s Birthday” meeting on December 3rd. (Yes, a fortnight early, but I doubt Jane will mind too much!)

The meeting theme is “Persuasion, Pride and Passion in Jane Austen’s Novels” Keynote Address: “You Pierce My Soul”. (Professor Kay Young, English Dept., UCSB) Commenting on the mind/body disconnect that Elizabeth Bennet displays in Pride and Prejudice, this presentation compares her reaction to those of Anne and Wentworth in Persuasion.

For more information, you can also visit their website or shoot an email to RC AT jasnanorcal.org (yes, that is an email address; we’re simply trying to prevent harvesting by those nasty spambots).

As always, we love getting information about JA-related events you’ve attended/planning/heard of in your area.

2 Responses to “Happy Early Birthday, Jane Austen!”

  1. sabah Says:

    please i want to get total notes about the themes ofpride and prejudice bye jane austen

  2. Your Teacher Says:

    Dearie, I doubt anyone here is going to give you the Cliffnotes version. Now go read the book and you’ll figure it out.

 

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