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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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On this day in 1814. . .
Fourteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Jane Austen’s circle of real friends seems to have been...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 22, 2016
More Austen networking
About fourteen months ago, as loyal readers may remember, I blogged about an online effort to launch something called the Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 12, 2016
On this day in 1801. . .
Thirteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Finding biographical resonances in Jane Austen’s writing is a...
Deborah Yaffe
May 25, 2016
On this day in 1811. . .
Twelfth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. In the spring of 1811, Jane Austen stood on the cusp of great...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 24, 2016
On this day in 1814. . .
Eleventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters Henry Austen, the fourth-oldest of Jane Austen’s seven siblings,...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 3, 2016
On this day in 1813. . .
Tenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Today our world is awash in writers talking about their Intentions,...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 4, 2016
On this day in 1814. . .
Ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. We know so little of Jane Austen’s views on nearly everything that...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 30, 2015
On this day in 1814. . .
Eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. For those of us fascinated by Jane Austen’s novels, it’s a source...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 27, 2015
On this day in 1805. . .
Seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. One of the pleasures of reading Jane Austen’s letters to her...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 23, 2015
On this day in 1816. . .
Sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters By all accounts, Jane Austen was an exceptional aunt, and she had a...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 8, 2015
On this day in 1801. . .
Fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Reading Jane Austen’s letters – as I do for this occasional blog...
Deborah Yaffe
May 20, 2015
On this day in 1817. . .
Fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters The letter-like document that Jane Austen addressed to her sister,...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 26, 2015
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