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Letter from ChicagoJA N E AU ST E N S O C I E T Y O F N O RT H A M E R I C A G R E AT E R C H I C AG O R E G I O N

Winter 2008

Members: $25; Guests: $30Registration deadline: February 4

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1. Going online to www.jasnachicago.org or 2. Mailing your check—payable to JASNA-GCR—andand pay using your Visa or MasterCard. this form to Elsie Holzwarth, 1410 East 55th Street,

Chicago, IL 60615-5409.

LUNCH REGISTRATION FORM ✁

Read One Read All Read None at all

But come to our Winter Lunch and Discussion: Mix three books and a film, Becoming Jane, and garnish

with Austen on Masterpiece Theatre

Saturday, February 9, 2008 noon to 3:00 pm

The Parthenon Restaurant 314 S. Halsted St. Chicago (free valet parking)

Janeby

Claire Tomalin

Janeby

CarolShields

Janeby

JonSpence

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Our meeting February 9 continues ourcelebration of Austen’s legacy—this timewith a focus on Jane Austen’s life. Wecontinue to be fascinated and curiousabout this woman who lived quietly in acountry village yet wrote profoundly aboutthe human condition. Her biography hasbecome box office entertainment. This yearalone we have two films to consider. InSeptember, many of us saw the romanticBecoming Jane which includes an abortedelopement with Tom Lefroy. Would JaneAusten have behaved like Julia Bertram orLydia Bennet? Given her circumstances,probably not.

Fay Weldon, after writing the screenplay forthe 1980 Pride and Prejudice, exploredJane Austen’s life and work in a series ofletters to an imaginary niece Alice (Lettersto Alice on first reading Jane Austen, 1984).Letter Two, “A Terrible Time to be Alive,” ismost revealing about life in the 18thcentury. “Seventy percent of Englishwomen never married. . . The trouble wasthat you had to afford to marry. You wereexpected to have a dowry, provided by yourparents or saved by yourself, to give toyour husband to offset your keep. . . It wasno use waiting for your parents to die sothat you could inherit their mansion, orcottage, or hovel, and so buy yourself ahusband—your parents’ property went toyour brothers. Women inherited onlythrough their husbands.” Lucky LadyCatherine de Bourgh! Weldon argues thatfear of pregnancy was so great that half thewomen in England remained virgins alltheir lives. Yet Jane Austen was fortunateto be part of the middle class. Considerhow Weldon explains the lives of ordinarywomen to her imaginary niece: “If you havea cold in the nose, you use a tissue andflush it down the W.C. Jane Austen used apocket handkerchief, and had a maid to

boil it clean. Fair enough, if you’re JaneAusten, but supposing you were themaid?” An original biography is scheduledfor broadcast on Sunday, February 3, aspart of the Masterpiece Theater four-monthAusten marathon. What fortuitous timing—just one week before our meeting! In MissAusten Regrets, an older Jane helps herniece find a husband. But what does sheregret? Will we learn more about HarrisBigg? Or a new love at Lyme Regis?

The PBS Masterpiece Theater marathonwill include all 6 of Jane Austen’s completednovels. Three new productions already seenin England open the series: January 13,Persuasion; January 20, Northanger Abbey;January 27, Mansfield Park. Twoproductions are familiar: February 10–24,the 1995 Pride and Prejudice mini-series,starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, willbe shown in 3 two-hour episodes. On March 23, watch the 1996 Emma, starringKate Beckinsale. A new production of Senseand Sensibility will be shown in 2 parts,March 30 and April 6.

Outreach NewsWe are sorry to lose Linda Relias as ourEducation Outreach Chair. Since her termas Regional Coordinator, Linda hascontinued to serve on the board as aninvaluable advisor. She has promoted ourorganization among Illinois high schoolteachers and overseen grants for books toneedy schools. This year family requiresmore of her time. She is planning heryounger daughter’s wedding and lookingforward to the birth of her first grandchild.Thank you, Linda, for your outstandingcontributions and best wishes for yourhappy celebrations. Thank you, also,Corrinne McArdle, for your generouscontribution to our Outreach program inmemory of Ellie Punkay.

From the

RegionalCoordinatorNatalie Goldberg

Talk: Love and Jane AustenShirley Holbrook

On November 2, Elisabeth Lenckosdelivered the “First Friday Lecture” at theChicago Cultural Center. While we mayknow her through participation in JASNA,she is an instructor in the Basic Programof the University of Chicago, whichpresents the lecture series. The rewards ofthe talk began with its title: “ ‘You mustallow me to tell you how ardently I admireand love you’: Love and Jane Austen.”

Lenckos began by tracing changes in howJane Austen is viewed. Where admirersonce praised her as a moralist, recentreaders turn to her as an authority onlove. Critics used to emphasize theelegance of her writing; now they discoversexiness. Lenckos argued that newlyappreciated qualities were indeed alwaysthere but were masked by attitudes of theVictorian era, especially by the waysAusten’s family chose to depict her.Lenckos went on to discuss Austen’snotions of love, distinguishing her workfrom the gothic novels of her time andtracing the influences of Shakespeare,Choderlos le Laclos’s Dangerous Liaisons,and Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther.She made a convincing case that Austen’sdepiction of love is complex and nuancedand a major development in the history of literature.

The appreciative audience was delighted to learn that Lenckos is planning asummer course and can further lookforward to the book she hopes to write on love and Jane Austen.

(Lenckos is now teaching 2 courses at theUniversity of Chicago Graham School ofGeneral Studies on Greed in literature and on literary Cairo.)

Just Jane: A Novel of Jane Austen’s Lifeby Nancy Moser

Lori Davis

As JASNA National member Nancy Moserresearched Just Jane, she found . . . afriend. She met a fellow fiction author whowas “witty, wise, discerning, creative, andloyal” as well as “stubborn, judgmental,insecure, and needy.” A Jane Austen whois “a lot like us.”

Just Jane is fictional biography. Moserworked hard to present Jane accurately,though warning readers she used creativeguesswork to flesh out, explain, and addimmediacy to the action. Moser, daringly,writes in the first person. In its defense,the first-person present-tense approachconfronted me with Jane’s emotions during critical events in her life—beingdispossessed of all that was “home” inSteventon; weathering painful courtships,living with guilt and disregard as anunmarried dependent, enduring years ofwriter’s block and a manuscriptlanguishing in a publisher’s storeroom.

I longed for some indication of direct quoteswithin the text. This distraction somewhatabated as I joined Jane in her “lost years” of exile in Bath and her final homegoing toChawton: “I opened the trunk and gazedupon the work of my life; pages and pages of words carefully chosen, drawing images of people who were as real to me as fleshand blood, who lived lives that had been puton hold while I muddled through my ownstruggles and disappointments.” Though Ihave enjoyed many more-informative“straight biographies” of Jane Austen, I have never before shared Jane’s delight inher hard-won triumphs. It’s as if NancyMoser’s friend, Jane Austen, were now mine as well.

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Saturday, February 9, LunchIn Chicago there is often good reason notto get out much in winter. Nevertheless,the lure of good food, warm GCRfellowship and a spirited discussion will, Itrust, be motivation enough for you tobundle up and make your way once againto The Parthenon on Halsted Street inGreektown. This is rapidly becoming oneof our most popular and enjoyable eventsof the Austen Year in Chicago.

My goal in this set of brief program notesis to encourage you to register for theWinter Meeting. We might call themeeting “Three Bios and a Flick.” Thefocus will be biographies of Jane Austen,whether they come from a respectedbiographer, an Austen scholar, a novelwriter, or the imagination of Hollywood.Four GCR stalwarts have each agreed tointroduce one of the four featured works:Elisabeth Lenckos on Claire Tomalin’sJane Austen: A Life; Natalie Goldberg onnovelist Carol Shields’ Jane Austen;William Phillips on Jon Spence’sBecoming Jane Austen; and Jeff Nigro ondirector Julian Jarrold’s recent filmBecoming Jane, for which Spence was inthe credits as “historical consultant.”

Jane Davis will keep time and hold thepresenters to brief opening remarks.Then, as moderator, she will open thefloor to your questions and comments.Although these are the featured works, ifyou want to review them, perhaps youhave your own favorite you’d like to bringalong, or mention, or fight for. (And don’tforget, there will be Austen onMasterpiece Theatre to dissect.) You arealso welcome just to come along andenjoy the melee. I’m sure it will be adelicious lunch of Greek delicacies and arollicking discussion. Register now!

Saturday, May 3, GalaOur Gala is also taking shape. We’llcongregate again at the Allerton Hotel(North Michigan at Huron) to celebrate theseason and Austen as “International Icon.”Just to tease your interest at this point,our keynote speaker will be Dr. JosephWiesenfarth, whom we have enjoyed onprevious occasions. Now retired from theUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, he isbusier than ever and very much engaged inAusten scholarship. His topic as of thiswriting is “The Rebirth of the JuvenileJane”. Save the date!

ProgramsWilliam Phillips

“Jane Austen is recognized for hermoral sensibility, and for what isassumed to be her rare ability toexpand insignificant material, turning the doings of a few villagefamilies unto wide-screen drama.”

—Carol Shields

“Although the plot and incidents of [the film Becoming Jane] arefictional, the writers have striven to give us a true picture of JaneAusten’s character, personalcircumstances and social context:The story of Jane and Tom’s romancemay not have played out the way thewriters have imagined, but the film is,I believe, true to the point of JaneAusten’s character and to the forcesthat came into play at that time inher life.”

—Jon Spence

“This is my favorite image of JaneAusten, laughing at the opinions ofthe world. It is lucky she had so much laughter in her; today, thevolume of opinions has swelled tosomething so huge that they could be laughed at for ever.”

—Claire Tomalin


Birthday TeaOn December 8 we celebrated our annualJane Austen Birthday Tea, including achampagne toast led by Lori Davis whoreminded us of the many ways Austen hascontributed to our lives. Thanks to JaneHunt we were again able to visit the lovelyfacilities of The Fortnightly of Chicago,beautifully decorated with wreaths andlights and a gorgeous Christmas tree, anda table of delicious sandwiches anddesserts. Duwanna Wall ably sold AGM teeshirts and William Phillips was theprogram chair. He brought us a trulycharming speaker, Emily Auerbach,professor at the University of Wisconsin,and author of Searching for Jane Austen.

Auerbach was bemused by the cover ofNewsweek this summer on which Austenwas pictured directly in the center belowOsama bin Laden and next to BarackObama The accompanying article notedthat “Austen outsells Ann Coulter. . .Austen is now a brand. . . and if somepass up reading her, culture will ratchdown a notch.”

Austen has been viewed in many ways.“Too ugly for a book cover” required“removing her cap and adding make-upand hair extensions.” Ang Lee, the directorof the film Sense and Sensibility, “hadnever read Austen; he had seen her novelsas girlie books.”

“Male comedians have joked about beingdragged to Austen movies.” Given a choiceDave Barry would rather see “ArnoldSchwarzenegger crashing a helicopter.”Andy Rooney said “What do I think of JaneAusten? Almost nothing. Pride andPrejudice and Sense and Sensibility seem tobe the Bobbsey twins for grown-ups.”Critics have complained that Austen never

married, was domesticated and wrote forher own amusement out of loneliness andsexual longing. She has been seen as“naïve, complacent and demure.” ButVirginia Woolf in Jane Austen and theGeese retorted, “We remember that JaneAusten wrote novels. It might be worthwhile for her critics to read them.” FayWeldon wrote of the importance of readingAusten. “Elizabeth Bennet. . . listening tothe beat of feeling. . . changed minds, andwith minds, lives. . . Fiction stretches oursensibilities and our understanding, asmore information never can.”

What about Mark Twain who declared,“Everytime I read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Iwant to dig her up and beat her over theskull with her own shin-bone,” and“Whenever I take up ‘Pride and Prejudice’or ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ I feel like abarkeeper entering the Kingdom ofHeaven.” Auerbach proclaims, “Twain isactually a fake!” She imagines Austenand Twain like Hepburn and Bogart inthe movie The African Queen. “Theywould be a bit awkward at first. After afew weeks they would strip away thelayers of cultural difference to find thezest for life of both of them. They bothhated humbug.”

Auerbach wishes for no more “dear AuntJanes” and for the end of “almost 2centuries of touch-ups and make-overs.”Her novels “represent hidden pictures; themore you scratch, the more you see.”Rather than “Becoming Jane” we shouldrefer to “Remaining Jane” and celebrate“her integrity as a novelist.” Austen said itbest herself in her letter to James Clarke,“I must keep to my own style and go on inmy own way.”

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December Tea


Photos

Felica and Dyani Keelen Elizabeth Ireland Corinne McArdle Judith Mc Cull Natalie Goldberg

The Fortnightly of ChicagoEmma Richardson A holiday spread

(l to r) Shirley Holbrook andAmy Feldman

Emily Auerbach

Lori Davis

Anne and Linda Relias

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Countdown to October 2, 2008A daily ritual in newspapers and electronicnews sources is a countdown. Here at AGMCentral, we have started our owncountdown. As you read this, there arefewer than 11 months before hoards ofeager Janeites descend upon us. They will,understandably, be clamoring for the kindof unforgettable experience that everyoneexpects from Chicago, and that Austenenthusiasts expect from JASNA-GCR. Wehave a Midwestern “can-do” intention toprovide just the unforgettable experienceeveryone expects. The extent and variety ofthe program elements have been discussedat length in these pages already. You canre-whet your appetite with a visit towww.jasnachicago.org. Breakout ChairElisabeth Lenckos and I are about to getthe array of quite wonderful Breakout andPoster Sessions finalized. We’ll be lettingyou in on these soon.

It occurs to me that a goodly percentage ofthe “they” who descend on us will also be“us.” With the exception of nearby Milwaukeein 2005, recent AGMs have not been soconveniently located for us Chicago folks.Consequently, it adds to my personalpleasure to know that a lot of the work wehave been doing is for us. But wait a minute.We also need as many of you readers aspossible to become part of the “we” doing thework. Those who have seen the recent filmversion of The Jane Austen Book Club willremember the delightful moment whenPrudie avoided Maria Bertram-like behaviorafter she was confronted with a flashing walksignal that asked “What Would Jane Do?”Given the “Chicago Countdown,” I knowwhat Jane would do: She would become anAGM volunteer.

If you haven’t already volunteered contactRita Shafer, Natalie Goldberg or WilliamPhillips to sign on.

Breaking NewsBefore this information hits the JASNANewsletter, I want to share the collection of“Out and About” activities planned for theAGM. If you are a local (like me) whodoesn’t get to the wonderful attractions ofour own region, you may want to sign upfor one or more when you register for theAGM. Here are the half-day offerings:

1. Architecture Cruise. If you haven’t evertaken the Chicago River cruise organizedby the Chicago Architecture Foundation,it is high time.

2. Frank Lloyd Wright. Also on thearchitectural front, a tour that featuresWright and the Prairie School.

3. The Devil in the White City. Are Midwayand Highland Park “terra incognita” toyou? If you enjoyed this thriller set at the1893 World’s Fair, try this tour.

4. Chicago’s Own Jane A. This visit to the Hull House Museum features theenduring legacy of Jane Addams.

5. Pullman Walking Tour. Visit a classicneighborhood and recall the struggles ofworking people.

There are also two possible day-trips:1. Springfield. Our state capital and the

Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

2. Galena. A beautifully preserved Victoriangem with links to President U.S. Grant.

AGM 2008William Phillips


William Phillips, asco-chair of our 2008AGM committee,you’ve been workinghard. How is the AGMcoming along? Nodoubt the membershipof JASNA-GCR is gettingpretty tired of hearingfrom me on that topic.I’ll simply say that thepreparations are really nearing completion.My Co-chair, Rita Shafer, and Treasurer,Jane Davis, almost have arrangements anda budget sorted out. The main programelements are all but complete as of thiswriting. I’ve written about them here andelsewhere. With help from others, BreakoutChair, Elisabeth Lenckos, and I have beenpouring over proposals. It looks like we’llhave 35 very interesting BreakoutPresentations and between 15 and 20 PosterPresentations. I can’t wait. Of course, we’regoing to need lots of help from GCRmembers with organizational matters duringthe countdown to next October. I hopeeveryone signs on.

What got you interested in Jane Austenin the first place? I was past 50 when Ifirst read Austen. When I turned 50, Idecided that I’d show a good attitude towardentering my 2nd half-century if I took upsome projects that would take more than therest of my life to get very good at.Understanding Austen became one of thoseprojects. From somewhere, I had acquired aVHS copy of the 1972 BBC Emma withDoran Godwin (longest neck I’ve ever seenon a woman). I got a copy of the novel andloved it. When the movies started appearing,I read all six novels, plus the two unfinishedpieces and some of the juvenile stuff. Theletters came only after I had already mademy first AGM presentation (Colorado

Springs, 1999) with my great friend LouiseHeal-Kawai when we both lived in Japan.Since then, I get through all six major novelsat least once a year.

What makes Austen special for you?Something I really liked about Fowler’sJane Austen Book Club was the way eachof the characters had her own Austen (hiscame later). For one it was romance.Another thought of the Austen novels ashorror stories (given the precariouseconomic status of women). I’m most likethe one for whom Austen’s ironic humor istops. For me it is Austen’s irony as a partof her keen observation of human foiblesthat really speaks to me. Once I gotinvolved with JASNA, I got the opportunityto read and hear lots of really smart peoplediscussing Austen and I began toappreciate her incredible genius as anartist and her role in developing themodern form of the English novel. Mygrandmother started teaching me to readwhen I was four. I still have the first novelthat ever belonged to me, Stuart Little,given to me when I was five. I now realizethat a big part of more than 60 years ofreading pleasure comes from the legacy ofJane Austen.

Do you have a favorite Austen novel?In the 1990s, I would have said Emma.That work still holds a special place in myheart (and mind). I’ve now had the privilegeof making presentations related to Emmaat two AGMs (Colorado Springs andVancouver), both with my specialcollaborator Louise. I can no longer saythat any one of the six is my favorite. I re-read Northanger Abbey the least and itprobably finishes a fairly distant sixth forme. However I’d rather not rank the others.The question, though, prompted me to tryto encapsulate a few favorite things. I loveSense and Sensibility for its cast of truly

Interviewwith William Phillips


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awful characters. Mrs. Ferrars, John andFanny Dashwood and Lucy Steele areamong the most mean- spirited, self-serving characters I’ve ever read. Austenmakes them such fun. I admire Elinor for astrength of character I’m pretty sure I’llnever achieve. I also like her for teachingme one of Austen’s ‘universal truths’, thatmany women are able to love men whoaren’t quite worthy of them—not badmen—just not quite worthy of them. I lovePride and Prejudice for putting together acouple who will never stop learning fromand surprising each other. In my life, thatis what love has been all about. I’m veryfond of the Gardiners, too. I have come toappreciate Mansfield Park more than I everthought I would. I continue to findfascinating insights in a book populatedwith almost no characters that I like. I am really fond of only two characters,William and Susan Price. We don’t learnmuch about Susan, but I see a lot ofmyself in what I do learn. Emma is specialfor dozens of reasons. My first awarenessof the brilliance of Austen’s irony isprobably that early description of Mrs.Goddard’s school. I grew up in a mid-20thcentury American version of Highbury. Iknew almost all those characters. Likemany readers, I appreciate the secondchance in Persuasion. I’ve been given morethan my share of second chances, and re-reading Persuasion always reminds meto be grateful. I really like the Crofts,particularly Mrs. Croft.

Tell us about your background. You’vetaught ‘round the world’. How haveyour students responded to Austen?Actually, I’ve never taught Austen—notdirectly anyway. I first taught in aCommunication Department: Speech,Debate, that sort of thing. Then I got moregraduate work in Applied Linguistics and

have taught ESL/EFL for more than 30years (almost 25 years abroad combiningSaudi Arabia and then Japan). I taughtlanguage and culture, but never really‘literature’—have never taken a literaturecourse myself. I just read and think andenjoy talking with smart people. I believemy love of Austen is always somewherehovering around whatever I teach, but Iwouldn’t begin to know how to ‘teach’ her.Discuss—you bet! Teach—hmmmmm!?!

Any plans for the future, after theAGM? First, I’ll have several very largeMartinis; then, of course, I’ll still bereading, thinking and writing aboutAusten. I have several Austen projects Iwant to work on. I already have a swellidea for a Breakout for ’09 if anyone fromPhiladelphia happens to read this.

What do you think of the spate ofAusten sequels, spin-offs and films?I have almost never liked any of thesequels, but I’ve enjoyed the mysteries. Ihave really liked some of the contemporaryre-telling of the stories (e.g. Cohen andNathan). I will always go to Austen relatedmovies, own copies and watch all of themmultiple times. Even when I don’t like amovie very much, I find something to learnfrom it, to raise new questions and tomake me think more about Austen. I’m like many of us; Clueless remains at thetop of my list.

Do you think Austen will still be readin a hundred years?Sadly, I think thequestion may be“Will anyone bereading (anything)in 100 years?” Ifso, people will bereading Austen.


New ReleasesIn Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters,edited by Jon Lellenberg, DanielStashower and Charles Foley, we readConan Doyle’s letter of April 6, 1893: “I am in the middle of the last [Sherlock]Holmes story, after which the gentlemanvanishes, never to reappear. I am weary ofhis name. . . as I have a cold I have sat bythe fire all day and read Miss Austen’s‘Pride & Prejudice.’ I like her easy primsubdued style. I had read nothing of herbefore.” Easy, prim, subdued? Well,perhaps, if compared with the hound of the Baskervilles.

In the essay “A Voice from a Cloud” inPortraits and Observations: The Essays ofTruman Capote, we are informed that whenCapote’s Other Voices, Other Rooms waspublished (1948) critics “remarked thatobviously I was much influenced by suchSouthern literary artists as Faulkner andWelty and Mc Cullers.” The critics were“mistaken. The American writers who hadbeen most valuable to me were, in noparticular order, James, Twain, Poe, Cather,Hawthorne, Sarah Orne Jewett, and,overseas, Flaubert, Jane Austen, Dickens,Proust, Chekhov, Katherine Mansfield, E.M.Forster, Turgenev, De Maupassant andEmily Bronte.” Now Capote was 24 whenOther Voices, Other Rooms was published.One wonders, had he really already read allthese literary giants?

Jonah Lehrer writes in Proust Was aNeuroscientist, “[George] Eliot believed thatthe mind’s ability to alter itself was thesource of our freedom. In Middlemarch,Dorothea. . .is reassured that the mind ‘isnot cut in marble—it is not something solidand unalterable. It is something living andchanging.’ Like Jane Austen, a literaryforebear (sic), Eliot reserved her highest

praise for characters brave enough toembrace the possibilities of change. Justas Elizabeth Bennet escapes her ownprejudices, so does Dorothea recover fromher early mistakes. As Eliot wrote, ‘we area process and an unfolding.’ ”

Linda Relias notes that Jonathan Gross, apast GCR speaker, is the editor of TheSylph (first published 1799) by Georgiana,Duchess of Devonshire, now described as:“This ranging epistolary novel follows JuliaGrenville, a Welsh beauty who knows littleof the world until hermarriage to the olderLord Stanley. ThroughJulia’s letters to hersister, readers learnmore of Julia’s new lifein London—herunfaithful husband,her miscarriage, her disillusionment withthe city and its fashions. Other lettersreveal that Julia has a longtime admirer,Harry Woodley, from her former life, as wellas a mysterious guardian angel: her Sylph.This character guides Julia away from thedepravities of her life in London, includingher gambling problem. The Sylph is alsoanother sympathetic ear to Julia’sincreasing marital dissatisfaction andgrowing affinity for another man, the BaronTon-hausen. As Julia nearly falls prey tothe overzealous admirations of one of herhusband’s associates, her husband isconsumed by gambling debts to that sameassociate. She is shocked to discover thedepths of her husband’s ruin and plans toflee to Wales before she too can be claimedin payment. Her disgraced husband takesthe ultimate way out and Julia goes hometo her father and sister in Wales. Her Sylphis not far behind, however, and soon revealshimself to Julia to be more than she couldhave ever imagined.”

Citings/SightingsElsie Holzwarth

LETTER FROM CHICAGOJASNA-GCRElsie G. Holzwarth1410 East 55th StreetChicago, IL 60615-5409

Calendar

Our website is www.jasnachicago.org

Saturday, February 9Lunch and Book Discussion

Past Due Membership Dues Renewal. Individual members, $25Family members, $35

February 9, 2008 Luncheon. Parthenon Restaurant, 314 S. Halsted, Chicago. Discussion: Biographies of Jane Austen by Claire Tomalin,Carol Shields and Jon Spence, and film Becoming Jane Noon–3:00 pm

May 3, 2008 GALA. Allerton Hotel, Chicago. 9:30 am–3:30 pm

October 2–5, 2008 Annual General Meeting hosted by Greater Chicago Region. Austen’s Legacy: Life, Love & Laughter.Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel, Chicago, IL

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