Shall We Tea – 4th Annual Birthday Tea

Happy 244th Birthday Jane Austen! To celebrate Jane Austen’s 244th birthday, thirteen of us met at Laurie Nienhaus‘ home on Fort Myers Beach on a beautiful sunny Florida afternoon. In […]

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Tea, Coffee, Treats, and Good Company!

Lively and informative! There was definitely “good company” at our November Meeting, as well as tea, coffee and treats. “My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, […]

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ALT AGM – The Next Best Thing to Being There

While the Annual General Meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America was taking place in Williamsburg, Virginia, we held our own pre-season meeting of JASNA Florida Southwest region. […]

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“Jane Austen’s Women” – Record Attendance!

Twenty-one people, including our two speakers, attended the April 6, 2019 meeting of the JASNA Southwest Florida Region to hear a new take on Jane Austen’s women – our best […]

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Life of the Party in Regency England – Fort Myers, Florida Style!

Jansa Florida Southwest Region held an all day affair in style February 2nd, 2019. Read about this splendid time had by all who attended.

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“The Misfortune of Poetry” – One AGM presentation in preview mode

Members were honored to get a preview of “The Misfortune of Poetry: Retrenching Through Literature in Persuasion and Sanditon” by our RC (regional coordinator) Sara Dustin. Professor Dustin gave us […]

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“Almost Too Good for Me” – A Persuasions On-Line Article was the Topic of the Day!

Persuasion – Austen’s final completed novel. The JASNA Southwest Florida region met on Saturday, April 14th from 1-3 pm at the Bonita Springs library. As this year’s Novel is Persuasion, our […]

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