Jane Austen Birthday Celebration
Pam December 13th, 2008
The pleasure of sipping tea and eating scones with Devonshire cream at the Brown Palace Hotel. What more could you ask?
Celebrating Jane Austen’s life, books, and characters was the real reason for gathering at the Brown Palace. Every year the Denver/Boulder Regional Chapter (and probably many other chapters) of the Jane Austen Society of North America holds a birthday tea in honor of the iconic writer. This year was Jane’s 233rd birthday.
Besides hearing reports from members who attended the Annual General Meeting, we matched quotes with novels and took a quiz on the characteristics of readers of Austen. Most of us failed it royally. Proves that Austen readers defy categorizing, I guess. Continue Reading »