JASNA-SC is pleased to offer a Jane Austen Book Club for our members hosted by long-time member Deborah Barnum, who leads a Jane Austen reading group in Bluffton, SC. She also runs a Classics Book Club at the Bluffton Library. All members are invited to participate.

Book club participants have two options: attend an in-person discussion or discuss with Deb via Zoom. Mix it up if you like! The selection of books and discussion dates are listed below. For more information, contact Deb Barnum.

For each book club selection, an in-person discussion will take place at 3:00 pm ET in someone’s home in the Bluffton area. Later that evening, at 6:00 pm, Deb will lead a Zoom discussion of the book for anyone far and wide who would like to join in.

BOOK SELECTIONS for 2023-24

September 26, 2023: Cecilia by Frances Burney (1782) – Start early, this is a long one!
November 14, 2023: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813)
December  5, 2023: Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson (1920) Read the first in the series, more later if desired
February 6, 2024: Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac (1846)
April 30, 2024: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (1951) – Hosted by Deb in her home [please note the date change]
June 4, 2024: The Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas; it is advisable for everyone to read the same translation by Liesel Schillinger, Penguin 2013 – this is suggested by Caroline who will lead the discussion in her home in Bluffton

September 2024: TBD – Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence (1928, 1932, 1959, 1960 – what a history!)

More information about each book will be included in an email from Deb to the membership as the discussion date approaches, including time and place, discussion questions, and Zoom details. For more information, contact Deb Barnum.

Hope you can join us!

For more info on how this book group is set up, how books are chosen, and past reads, please visit here.