Admiral Charles Austen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Austen

 Event:    JASNA CWNY February Meeting

Topic:    "Narratives of a Naval Wife: Fanny Austen in Fact and 

               Jane Austen in Fiction" 

               A talk by Sheila Johnson Kindred

When:    Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 1 pm EDT 

Where:  On-line through Zoom, pre-registration required

               To register click HERE

Please join us on February 18 for a special online meeting where Sheila Johnson Kindred will tell us about the life of Fanny Palmer, Charles Austen's wife. 

Sheila writes:"When Fanny Palmer married Jane Austen’s younger naval brother Charles in 1807, she was thrust into a demanding life within the wartime world of the British navy. This talk will provide a vividly personal account of what Fanny was able to share with Jane about her life as a naval wife, information that was arguably contextual and catalytic for Austen’s creation of the naval wives in Persuasion."

About the speaker:

Sheila Johnson Kindred taught for many years in the Philosophy Department of St Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She has lectured on aspects of Jane Austen’s family and fiction in Canada, United States, Bermuda, Australia and England, and published fifteen articles on Austen related topics. She is the author of the prize winning book, Jane Austen’s Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen (2017). (I read this book and found it fascinating).

Sheila blogs on her website Jane Austen’s Naval World at sheilajohnsonkindred.com.

So please join us to learn about someone whose information may have contributed to Jane Austen's work.