Jane Austen Weekends - Persuasion

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.

Regular Jane Austen Weekend rates are $585.00 for singles, $535.00 per person for doubles, $515.00 per person for triples, $495.00 each in a quad room (only one available) and include two nights’ lodging, Friday evening’s talk with dessert, full breakfast on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon tea, Saturday dinner party with book discussion, whist, or English country dancing, early Sunday Continental breakfast, and the Jane Austen quiz during Sunday brunch. Add any number of weekdays immediately before and/or after a Jane Austen weekend and get the room for half the regular rate. 9% Vermont tax is additional. A deposit of $200 plus tax per person is collected five weeks prior to arrival for each weekend. $150 (plus tax) of this deposit is refundable only if someone fills your place at the weekend.

Jane Austen Quiz and Sunday Brunch, 11:30 a.m., $18.00

All four activities: $110.00