The Annual General Meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America was held October 10-12, 2014, in Montréal, Quebec. The theme was Mansfield Park in Montréal: Contexts, Conventions and Controversies.
Mansfield Park was the first novel of Jane Austen’s maturity – the first novel that she wrote all-of-a-piece (after settling into life in Chawton in 1809) rather than rewriting earlier drafts. JASNA members spent the weekend celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mansfield Park, Fanny Price, and the contexts, conventions and controversies of this brilliant novel.
Seven local members attended, and had a wonderful time.