During JASNA’s Annual Meeting at the Marriott in Downtown Brooklyn, Oct. 5–7, 700-plus Janeites played the part of the landed gentry for three days of panel discussions, reticule purse–making workshops, an Austen-themed tea, and a Regency Ball.

1 JASNA essay contest winners and their teachers.

2 Scholar Cornel West, expressing admiration for the English novelist.

3 Austen lovers listen to a panel of publishers.

4 An essay contest winner and her mother.

5 Spruced up for the Regency Ball.