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Comment on Tea in June by joyesue63

joyesue63 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:59:11 +0000

I hope you do not mind but I was contacted by Parks Canada and they are hoping to organize a Regency fashion show as part of the 1812 celebrations. They were looking for people to participate and I did give them the Jane Austin Society info to contact.you. Since your members will (or have already) be building costumes for attendance at the general meeting, it may be that some would also be interested in taking part in the fashion show as well. At any rate I believe it will be Virgina Insua who should be contacting you.

Comment on “Virtue is its Humphry Ward” by sarahemsley

sarahemsley — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:10:59 +0000

Thanks — and I’d be interested to hear what you think on first reading Wharton.

Comment on “Virtue is its Humphry Ward” by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:47:51 +0000

I just had to tell you that, although I’ve never read anything by either Wharton or Humphrey Ward, I was thoroughly intrigued by this post and will doubtless come back to it when I do get around to reading Wharton.

Comment on Elizabeth Bennet and Anne Shirley by sarahemsley

sarahemsley — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:21:34 +0000

Thanks for visiting, Vivianne. My daughter enjoys the “Anne” cartoons as well as Kevin Sullivan’s Anne of Green Gables movie. We started reading Deirdre Kessler’s abridged version of Anne of Green Gables (published by Nimbus) before she turned two — she discovered it at the library and became fascinated with the pictures. When she was three, we listened to a dramatized version of the book on CD, and when she was four, we listened to the full novel on CD while driving to and around Prince Edward Island, read the novel aloud at bedtime, and went to the “Anne” musical in Charlottetown. All these activities have been driven by her love for the characters and story — and now also for the Island. We’ve read Jennifer Adams’s Little Miss Austen: Pride and Prejudice, and Gill Tavner’s version of Pride and Prejudice, and she loves both of those, too, so I’m thinking about suggesting the 1995 P&P movie sometime soon. But I’ll wait to see how her interest develops.

Comment on Elizabeth Bennet and Anne Shirley by Vivianne

Vivianne — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:13:33 +0000

I love that you are already introducing your daughter to Anne (and to Austen’s works). My daughter is now a few months shy of three, and has previously enjoyed the miniseries of both “Anne of Green Gables” and “Pride and Prejudice”. For days afterwards, she would talk my ears off about ‘Anne’ or ‘Mizzy and Jane’. I’m sure she’s not ready for the novels yet, but do you know of any adaptations that might be appropriate for younger children?
I am. however, slowly introducing my daughter to the Anne books (and other classics) through other means: short activities, films, foods, adapted stories. I’ve just begun blogging about it at littlepinkbookmarks.blogspot.com – I would love any suggestions you have! Judging by “The Jane Austen Playgroup,” you must have several

Comment on Happy Birthday to Edith Wharton! by “Virtue is its Humphry Ward” | Sarah Emsley

“Virtue is its Humphry Ward” | Sarah Emsley — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:22:21 +0000

[...] the years after the Great War, Edith Wharton wondered about her future reputation. In my last post, I wrote about her feeling that her work was “either nothing or more than they know.” She [...]

Comment on Tea in June by joyesue63

joyesue63 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Thank you for the prompt response. If you let me know when the meeting is I would certainly be happy to come along and join in your discussion of Regency costume. As for local events I do know that the Maritime Museum is in the planning stages of a waterfront market c 1812 during the Tall Ships visit this coming summer and costumed reenactors will be welcome. The Cidital Fort is suppossed to be doing some 1812 event but I am uncertain as to what, or when, it will be and I keep hearing rumours of a Ball but nothing specific. I wil be happy to pass on whatever I do learn.

Comment on Tea in June by sarahemsley

sarahemsley — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:43:46 +0000

Members of the Jane Austen Society of North America often dress in period costume, especially at the society’s Annual General Meeting (which is in New York this fall: http://www.jasna.org/agms/newyork/index.html). Our Nova Scotia group doesn’t usually dress this way for local events, but I’m sure the people at Scott Manor House would welcome guests in period costume at their tea at the end of June. I don’t know the date yet for this year’s tea–you could find out from them directly if you’re interested: http://www.scottmanorhouse.ca/

Some members of our JASNA Nova Scotia Region are talking about getting together soon to discuss creating Regency costumes, in preparation for the AGM in New York. Let me know if you’d be interested in joining the conversation. Our Region doesn’t have specific things planned for the anniversary of the War of 1812; however, we’d be glad to hear about other local events that you discover. Thanks very much for writing.

Comment on Tea in June by joyesue63

joyesue63 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:23 +0000

Just a querry- are these teas in costume? My husband and I are avid War of 1812 reenactors and we usually travel to Ontario during to summer to participate at various events. However, given that this is the 200th Anniversary of that War, we are planning on remaining in Nova Scotia to support whatever events might be happening around this time frame. It seems to me that Jane Austin teas would be great fun – especially in costume. If you could let me know that woudl be great. Thank you

Comment on Happy Birthday to Edith Wharton! by ClaireMcA

ClaireMcA — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:36:22 +0000

Thank you for that Sarah, I love that she used to come down here, Hyeres is only 45 minutes from here, I must add the chateau with the auspicious name to my list of places to visit.

I finished ‘Ethan Frome’ and did enjoy it despite the ending, I really enjoyed her writing and creative expression and will definitely reread it. It is also interesting that I read Irene Nemirovsky’s ‘Fire in the Blood’ after it, the title of which you could almost say is one of the themes in ‘Ethan Frome’ except that the handling of the quandry is dealt with in a different way by a french writer’s characters compared to Wharton’s characters, though ultimately neither way leads to the elusive happiness they all seek. I recommend that book if you haven’t already it too.