On this day in 1798. . .
Ninety-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Mary Lloyd was a friend of Jane and Cassandra Austen...
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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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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 18
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Are you feeling sad that you won’t be able to join the Jane Austen 250th Birthday festivities in England next year? Fear not! You can...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 7
On this day in 1808. . .
Ninety-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Janeites do not always take Jane Austen at her word when it...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 2
On this day in 1814. . .
Ninety-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen was a patriotic Briton, and during her...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 20
On this day in 1813. . .
Ninety-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Only about two years of Jane Austen’s childhood were spent...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 1
On this day in 1816. . .
Ninety-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Just when you think it’s safe to go back in the water. . ....
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 21
On this day in 1814. . .
Ninety-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Those of us who spend a lot of time thinking about Jane...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 25
On this day in 1801. . .
Ninety-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. A curious—and curiously contemporary--passage appears in the...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 28, 2023
On this day in 1808. . .
Ninetieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen had six brothers, but one of them—George, the...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 16, 2023
On this day in 1808. . .
Eighty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Novelists are a ruthless bunch. They find grist for their...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 18, 2023
On this day in 1796. . .
Eighty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The British have a well-documented penchant for discussing...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 24, 2023
On this day in 1806. . .
Eighty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. I’ve noted before that, as a poet, Jane Austen was a great...
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