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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Being Bennet(t)
When I read fanfiction that updates Jane Austen’s stories to contemporary settings, I often find myself exasperated by the names....
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 8, 2020
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The Austen prescription
Jane Austen’s power to console during times of trauma is an established trope by now: cue mention of how British authorities prescribed...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 4, 2020
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Bummer :-(
When Elinor Dashwood learns (as she thinks) that the love of her life, Edward Ferrars, has finally married his longtime fiancée, she is...
Deborah Yaffe
May 4, 2020
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Sisterhood is powerful
I was not enthusiastic about Sanditon, the ITV/PBS series based on the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death. Although the show,...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 6, 2020
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Keeping up with the Kambridges
Trendy fashion accessories come and go. One year, it’s thigh-high red boots and black berets; the next it’s purple shoes and tiny...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 2, 2020
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Jane in the time of coronavirus
For Austen fans everywhere, it’s a burning question: WWJD (What Would Jane Do) in the time of coronavirus quarantine? Luckily, we now...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 26, 2020
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Book nerds unite
I was a teenage book nerd. Also a pre-teen one. And an adult one. Basically, I’ve had my nose in a book (or, more recently, my eyes on a...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 5, 2020
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Lovebites
Making a mistake in print, and being forced to acknowledge it publicly in the corrections column: It’s every journalist’s nightmare. And...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 6, 2020
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Keeping up with the Janeites, Part II
In September, we suspected. We hoped. We crossed our fingers. And now it’s confirmed. In perhaps the least likely household on Planet...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 30, 2020
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Eighty years on
The year that began yesterday will not bring us any important Jane Austen anniversaries: The bicentenaries of her death and of the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 2, 2020
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Fruitcake
As the holidays approach, you may be bracing for the arrival of that winter perennial, the fruitcake -- baked months earlier, soaked in...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 9, 2019
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Strange bedfellows
By now, we’ve gotten used to seeing Jane Austen in rather. . . um . . . interesting company. She’s been paired with zombies and sea...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 4, 2019
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