我们是在有“加拿大落基山脉宝石”之称的庄园湖路易斯旅馆举行北美简·奥斯丁协会1993年年会的。几百位穿着旅行靴和摄政时期服装的简·奥斯丁崇拜者们在旅馆各处以故事、讲座、服装和歌曲的形式庆祝1993年选定简·奥斯丁作品《劝导》。从卡尔加里北上的旅途并不令人鼓舞。十月初的一场大雪使群山笼罩在浓雾中,沿途所能看到的就是野狼和发情的雄驼鹿。本可看见湖面风光的旅馆房间此时从窗口却丝毫也看不见那遐迩闻名的 We held the 1993 Annual Meeting of the North American Jane Austen Society at the Louisville Manor Lake, a hotel known as the “Canadian Rockies Gem.” Hundreds of Jane Austen worshipers dressed in travel boots and regency clothing celebrated the 1993 book Jane Austen’s Persuasion in stories, lectures, costumes and songs throughout the hotel. The journey north of Calgary is not encouraging. A heavy snow hit the mountains in thick fog in early October, with wolves and estrus male deer moving along the way. This can see the scenery of the hotel room at this time from the window but can not see the world famous