Jane Austen Society
of North America
This site is the most famous as far as Jane Austen's Associations are
concerned. It presents the Author's Life, as well as the possibility to download the texts
with all her complete works. Each year an annual
conference is held on a theme provided from her novels. A literary journal, Persuasions, is published each
December 16 and mailed to members after the new year. As they state:
Vision
Because literature has the power to change and enrich our lives, we want
to see more people reading the great authors, with special emphasis on Jane Austen.
Mission
Our mission is to foster among the widest number of readers the study, appreciation,
and understanding of Jane Austen’s works, her life, and her genius.
A Tour "JANE AUSTEN: Beside the Sea,
June 21 - July 2, 2001" is its most peculiar offer. The itinerary is routed to
places Jane Austen lived -- Steventon, Bath, Southampton, Chawton and Winchester; to
places she
visited -- Kent, Lyme Regis, Sidmouth, Sevenoaks; and to sites noted in the novels --
Ramsgate, Brighten, Weymouth.
http:// www.jasna.org
