Places 14/17

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

Mis-inspiration

Admit it: It’s always satisfying to see Janeites slapping down silly, unprovable, probably inaccurate speculation about Jane Austen....

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 1, 2016

Travels in translation

Jane Austen’s novels are filled with tourism: think Catherine Morland in Bath, Elizabeth Bennet in Derbyshire, the Dashwood sisters in...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 17, 2016

It's raining Austen

In Basingstoke, there will be benches. And in Winchester, there will be disappearing ink. The bicentenary year of Jane Austen’s death...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 14, 2016

Lerner leaves Chawton House

Unless Queen Elizabeth II is a secret Austen fan, the richest living Janeite is probably Sandy Lerner, the co-founder of Cisco Systems...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 7, 2016

Women's work, international edition

When I was a girl – yes, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth – I was a dab hand at needlepoint. I stitched plastic canvas into keepsake...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 18, 2016

Destination BookBench

Next year, as all Janeites know, marks the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, and I feel safe in predicting that 2017 will see an...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 11, 2016

Austen must-sees

I am, of course, aware that online listicles with titles like “22 Places in the UK That Are a Must-See for Jane Austen Fans” are silly...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 24, 2016

Travels with Jane

Last week, I returned home from a wonderful family vacation in Ireland, Scotland and England. But, as I discovered, wherever Janeites...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 17, 2016

The oast with the most

Jane Austen and real estate: That’s a familiar subject. Whether it’s grand mansions said to be the model for Pemberley, or modest homes...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 20, 2016

Worldwide Janeite partying

As summer weeks go, the week ahead is looking pretty good for Jane Austen fans: * Tomorrow and Saturday, the Janeites of Port Alberni, in...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 6, 2016

Touring Pemberley

So here’s what I’d be doing right this minute if I were in England: Taking today’s “Fitzwilliam Tour” of Wentworth Woodhouse. You will...

Deborah Yaffe

May 18, 2016

Janeite house-share

Have you been racking your brain to think of a fun vacation house-share for two dozen of your closest Janeite friends? Well, rack no more...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 3, 2016