“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”

Fanny Price, Mansfield Park

 

“How quick come the reasons for approving what we like.”

Persuasion

“Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint.”

Sophia, Love and Friendship

“I suppose there may be a hundred different ways of being in love.”

Emma Woodhouse, Emma

 

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.”

Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” 

Elizabeth Bennet on Mr Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else, it must be in my own way.”

Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

Upcoming Events

 

Lobster Festival Parade “Janeites on Parade”

Date: Saturday, August 08, 2026, 5:00pm
Location: Meet at Hammond Hall, 427 Main Street in Winter Harbor

Come be a part of the 62nd Annual Winter Harbor Lobster Festival as Janeites from all over the state will march in the parade. Costumes are HIGHLY encouraged but not required.

 

Pride and Prejudice: group discussion and lecture by Linda Perkins

Date: Saturday, September 12,
Location: Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street, Bath, Maine

JASNA Maine and the Patten Free Library are hosting a group discussion led by Linda Perkins, with refreshments.

The event is free but registration is requested in advance to ensure there are sufficient chairs and refreshments. Sign up here!

 

 

Tea by the Sea

Date: Sunday, December 6, 2026, 1-3pm
Location: Dorcas Library, 28 Main St (back yard area)
Prospect Harbor, Maine

The DownEast area of JASNA Maine is hosting a “Tea by the Sea” event!

Come join us for Croquet, Cards and other Jane Board games with the backdrop of lovely and serene Prospect Harbor. Event takes place in the back yard of Dorcas Library in Prospect Harbor.

 

Jane Austen’s Birthday Celebration
luncheon meeting

Date: Saturday, December 12, 2026, 1-3pm
Location:St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Falmouth, Maine

DIRECTIONS: You may wish to use GPS on your smart phone
From the North:
Take US Route 1 South to Thomaston. Turn left onto Route 131 to access onsite parking lot.
From the South:
Take I-295 North to Exit 28, Coastal Route/Route 1 North/Brunswick/Bath. Follow Route 1 to Thomaston. Turn right onto Route 131 to access onsite parking lot.