by JASNA Greater Phoenix | Jan 17, 2019 | Jane Austen Festival
by Emily Smith “Nobody minds having what is too good for them.” – Mansfield Park DAY NINE – Friday, September 21, 2018 I started off my morning by going to the Mission Theatre to listen to a talk by author Rose Servitova about her book The Longbourn Letters: The...
by JASNA Greater Phoenix | Jan 17, 2019 | Jane Austen Festival
by Emily Smith “I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.” – Sense and Sensibility DAY EIGHT – Thursday, September 20, 2018 Today I finally got the opportunity to do what all Janeites aspire to...
by JASNA Greater Phoenix | Jan 17, 2019 | Jane Austen Festival
by Emily Smith “And the more I saw, the more I found to admire.” – Persuasion DAY SEVEN – Wednesday, September 19, 2018 This morning I took a minibus tour around Bath and got to see some of the sights that are further on the outskirts and not so easy to walk...
by JASNA Greater Phoenix | Jan 17, 2019 | Jane Austen Festival
by Emily Smith “To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” – Jane Austen DAY SIX – Tuesday, September 18, 2018 Today I visited Stourhead! Don’t know what Stourhead is? I didn’t until this trip either, but it was...
by JASNA Greater Phoenix | Jan 16, 2019 | Jane Austen Festival
by Emily Smith “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” – Pride and Prejudice DAY FIVE – Monday, September 17, 2018 The theme of my day was Regency dancing! I spent the morning and afternoon taking Regency dance workshops at the...
