Deb: JASNAVermont [at] gmail [dot] com
JASNA-Vermont is your local branch of The Jane Austen Society of North America. There are no additional dues for JASNA members to belong to the Vermont chapter. Non-JASNA members are invited to ‘public welcome’ events, which are advertised in the events/calendar sections of papers like 7-Days, The Burlington Free Press, The Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, The Rutland Herald, Plattsburgh’s Press Republican, and Lake Champlain Weekly (which serves Vermont, New York and Quebec). Events will also be posted on this blog (see ‘EVENTS’).
JASNA-Vermont welcomes everyone with an interest in All Things Austen; contact us; post to the JANE AUSTEN IN VERMONT Blog; come to our meetings!
To improve upon general notification of events and meetings, would the Jane Austen in Vermont send notices to Vermont libraries for posting? I volunteer at the Richmond Free Library. We would love to have a notice sent to us ( in MS Word if possible) for us to print and place on our bulletin board. Without current notice, patrons must remember to go to your lovely website to find out about meetings.
Thank you, Jill Martin
RFL@gmavt.net
Hello Jill, thank you for your comments and for visiting our blog! I am a member of the Vermont Libraries Listserv and have posted the information for these meetings on there, so please check to see if for some reason our notices are not being received. Also, let me know your email and the contact person at the library so we can send this information for future events directly to you. Again, thank you for your interest! Janeite Deb
Hello, I’d like to purchase a membership for a friend who is an avid Jane Austen fan. Would you please email me information about signing up?
Thank you!
Susan
Greetings from a JASNA Missouri Janeite, I very much enjoyed your website. Please sign me up for your newsletter. Thanks, Jean
I would like to get membership information as I am interested in the society and would like to be a part of it. Thank you very much.
Holly Grubb
The JASNA newsletter which I receive yesterday (April 21) mentiioned that the Vermont chapter is interested in Nicholls’ “White soup.” There are several recipes available on line for this concoction, which is so called because no dark meat (that is beef or mutton) are used in making it, but only veal and or chicken. It is a very rich soup with anchovies, cream, egg and ground almonds added, as well as herbs and onion.
However, soup spoils readily, and it is possible that Nicholls was making a white portable soup, which is described at length in The Frugal Colonial Housewife. One takes a leg of veal, a LOT of chicken and a LOt of water and cooks it all down to a jelly, strains and boils down some more, until one winds up with what amounts to dry bouillon cubes, which, according to the cookbook, you can carry in your pocket. These could be reconstuted when wanted, and the fancier ingredients mentioned above added.
Incidentally–Nicholls is Mr Bingley’s cook, not his housekeeper. In a household of that level of wealth, there would be both, as indeed Mr Bennet’s also has, although we do not know the name of his cook. The Bennet’s housekeeper is Mrs Hill.
I am a member of JASNA and would love to receive your newsletters. Your website is inspirational. Many thanks.
I enjoyed Janeite Deb’s thoughtful review of my novel, Mr Darcy’s Diary, and thought you might like to know that the book is coming out next month in the USA – new title: The Private Diary of Mr Darcy. I like the new cover too (see Amazon for a picture).
Hello Ms. Slater – thanks for letting us know about your American edition – I was lucky to get the UK edition and read it early on – I will post on this tomorrow to let everyone know. Thanks for visiting – and good luck with your book on this side of the pond!
Best,
Deb
Hello, my younger sister wants to start reading Jane Austen books. She tried reading Emma, but the way it is written, in old English is hard for her to fully understand it. Are there Jane Austen books with more of a modern text?
Can you tell me how old your sister is? There are no “abridged” texts or simplified texts that I know about except this series: Real Reads, Jane Austen 6-book boxed set; retold by Gil Tavner. Stroud, UK: Real Reads, 2009 – the website: http://realreads.co.uk/austen/titles/ Hope this helps!
Thanks for stopping by,
Deb
I’m a member of Jasna as well as JASNANY. How do I become a member of the Vermont chapter? I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Thank you
Hello Anita, yes, you can be a member of JASNA-Vermont by just letting JASNA know – there is no additional charge, as we do not charge local dues. I can do this for you – will email you directly to get your mailing address, etc – then next year when you renew your JASNA membership write on the form that you also want to be in the VT region…
Will be in touch,
Deb
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Hello,
I love it when I get on your site and reconfirm your commitment and dedication.
I was wondering how, if possible at all, to have our blog, http://www.rarebooksdigest.com registered in any of your link references.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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Andre
I found this blog today. Since I live in Essex, NY…just across the lake, I thought I would let you know that I am an Austen. My family members are descendents from Thomas Austen. Thomas’ brother William was the father of George, Jane’s father. My father, Henry Edward Austen was born in England, as was everyone before him. We are first generation American…
Thank you.
Martha Austen-Hayes
Hello Martha,
If you are just in Essex, NY you should come to our quarterly meetings! Contact me directly at jasnavermont [at] gmail [dot] com and I will put you on the mailing list – I would like to connect with you and hear your family history!
Best,
Deb
Wonderful! Would love to attend the next meeting…you have my e-mail address…
Very much look forward to meeting you!
All my best, Austen (I’ve been referred to as Austen since childhood, so, although birth name, Martha, almost no one calls me that…didn’t want to confuse you.)