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Jane Austen Weekends

2021 Schedule

Please understand that this schedule is subject to developments related to Covid and possible travel restrictions. It is now possible to reserve a place for any scheduled weekend. However, there may be cancellations or date changes so please be sure that any reservations for travel which you make will allow for that.

series 13: Persuasion:
June 25-27
August 6-8
September 10-12

Weekend in Character
August 13-15

series: 14: Pride and Prejudice
July 9-11
October 22-24
January 21-23, 2022

series 15: Sense and Sensibility
January 28-30, 2022
other dates to be announced

 

After joining us for the fall Emma weekend, Anne McCarthy wrote a piece for The Guardian which is available for viewing here. Some of  you may have seen it from the link on the newsletter from the Jane Austen Gift Shop in Bath.

We had two journalists visiting last year. Julia Shipley from Seven Days participated in the August Pride and Prejudice weekend and wrote a lovely piece for their State of the Arts section which you can view online here. And Melanie Stetson Freeman, a staff photographer from The Christian Science Monitor, joined us on Saturday of the In Character weekend to snap pictures for her photo piece in their September 18th magazine and you can view the online version here.

 

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Please inquire about the special rate for book groups, families, or others who may reserve a Jane Austen weekend on dates other than those regularly scheduled as availability permits and may choose which novel will be the theme.

Call or E-mail for reservations
802 888-6888 or Email: info@OneHundredMain.com

A leisurely weekend of literary-inspired diversions has something for every Jane Austen devoteé. Imagine a literary retreat that will slip you quietly back into Regency England in a beautiful old mansion where Jane herself would feel at home. Take afternoon tea and find out why Jane Austen never did so. Listen to Mozart. Bring your needlework. Share your thoughts at a book discussion of Persuasion, Jane Austen WeekendsPride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility or Emma and how the movies stand up to the books. Attend the talk about the time of Jane Austen. Test your knowledge of Jane Austen, her books, and the Regency period and possibly take home a prize. Take a carriage or sleigh ride. For the gentleman there are riding and fly fishing as well as lots of more modern diversions if a whole weekend of Jane is not his cup of tea. Join every activity or simply indulge yourself quietly all weekend watching the movies. Dress in whichever century suits you. Just imagine the interesting conversation with a whole houseful of Jane’s readers under one roof. Weekend guests have commented that they wish there had been a tape recorder under the dinner table so they could replay the evening again and again. It won’t just be good company; it will be the “company of clever well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation”. It will be the best! It’s not Bath, but it is Hyde Park and you’ll love Vermont circa 1800.


ladies walking in flower garden at Jane Austen in-character weekendClick on the Innkeeper’s Blog to see some photos from the 2013 “in character” weekend. Another Jane Austen “in character” weekend will be scheduled for August 2020. Each guest will choose to be a character from any one of Austen’s novels. Period dress is optional, but guests will interact in character throughout the weekend. The activities will depend somewhat on the weather and participant interest, but may include a Regency dinner party, an evening of games, letter writing, fencing, English Country dancing, crewel embroidery, tatting, rolled paper decoration, a game of croquet, a very long walk, riding (side-saddle and astride), carriage driving, playing whist, sewing workshops,and a picnic with or without Colonel Brandon. Weekend rates are $485.00 for singles, $455.00 per person double, and $415.00 per person triple plus 9% tax and there is an additional charge to participate in some activities. Now’s your chance to be Elizabeth Bennet, Anne Elliot, Mr Knightly, or even Lady Catherine, but only one of each character may sign up so make haste to confirm your reservation. Bring your own Darcy or perhaps you’ll meet him on the croquet lawn. Perhaps the door to the romance of Jane’s world isn’t in Hammersmith after all.

ladies in Regency period dress have a beginners' fencing lesson

Fencing lesson during Jane Austen in character weekend

 

a young couple in Regency dress sitting together

A couple on the porch during a Jane Austen weekend

Jane Austen Weekend rates start at $445.00 for singles, $415.00 per person for doubles, $395.00 per person for triples, and include two nights’ lodging, Friday evening’s talk over dessert and coffee, full breakfast on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon tea, Saturday dinner and book discussion or English country dancing, early Sunday Continental breakfast, and the Jane Austen quiz during Sunday brunch. Add any weekdays immediately before and/or after a Jane Austen weekend and get the room for half the regular rate. 9% Vermont tax is additional. The usual cancellation policy applies.

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Letter writing with a quill pen.

  Or come for just an evening and choose from these activities:

  Informal Talk with Coffee and Dessert, Friday, 8:00 p.m., $15.00

  Afternoon Tea, Saturday, 2:30 p.m., $25.00

  Book Discussion and Dinner, Saturday, 7:00 p.m., $37.50 or
Dinner and English Country Dancing 7:00 p.m., $37.50

  Jane Austen Quiz and Sunday Brunch, Sunday, 11:30 a.m., $15.00

  All four activities: $80.00

English country dancers in period dress waiting to begin

English country dancing at a Jane Austen weekend

 

five guests in Regency period dress playing a word game around a table

A lively game during a Jane Austen weekend

Please inquire about the special rate for book groups which may also reserve a Jane Austen weekend on dates other than those regularly scheduled as availability permits.

two ladies in Regency period costume taking a walk

A long country walk in Regency period attire

 

group of ladies in Regency attire taking a walk

A very long walk with a Regency picnic

  Some useful links for information about the Regency period or dress for the occasion.


www.recollections.biz


www.marionmay.co.uk



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