Jane Austen Society of North America, Greater Chicago Region

09/20/2025

"But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them."
Mansfield Park

09/17/2025

"What's on this Weekend Wednesday"

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: "Jane Austen and Taylor Swift" Event (Members Only). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

09/03/2025

Nov 3 at Winnetka Public Library! Details below!

Commemorating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday on Dec. 16, 2025, join author, former UK resident, and Anglophile Claire Evans for a look at her final, unfinished manuscript and its path from family heirloom to a fully imagined costume drama, airing on American PBS. Learn about the real-life people and...

09/03/2025

"Poverty is a great evil, but to a woman of education and feeling it ought not, it cannot be the greatest."
The Watsons, ch 1

08/29/2025

"I do not want People to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal."
Letter to Cassandra December 26, 1798

08/28/2025

"I could not do without a Syringa, for the sake of Cowper's line. We talk also of Laburnam.-The Border under the Terrace wall, is clearing away to receive Currants and Gooseberry Bushes, and a spot is found very proper for Raspberries."
Jane Austen
Letter to Cassandra
February 8- 9 1807

05/03/2025

Due to disagreeable weather and threat of rain, we are cancelling the Box Hill picnic that was scheduled for tomorrow. Please watch for rescheduling information.