JULY 21, 2018
Summer Meeting: What Persuasion Means to Me
Reza's Restaurant, Andersonville
SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
Fall Meeting: Hope in all the Wrong Places
Evanston Public Library
DECEMBER 1, 2018
Birthday Tea
Fortnightly Club of Chicago
AUSTEN AROUND TOWN
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Summer 2018 "LETTER FROM CHICAGO"
Members and friends are invited to read and download our latest newsletter! Letter from Chicago, Summer 2018.pdf
You don’t need to be an Austen expert to feel at home in JASNA. We welcome new members whether they are reading their first Austen novel or have reread her books many times. Members enjoy special events throughout the year as well as friendship, good food, fun and learning. Learn more...
Could a linguist, could a grammarian, could even a mathematician have seen what she did, . . .without feeling that circumstances had been at work to make them peculiarly interesting to each other?—How much more must an imaginist, like herself, be on fire with speculation and foresight!—especially with such a groundwork of anticipation as her mind had already made.