The luxury of time
Summer is winding down, but there’s still time to squeeze in some vacation reading. And if you prefer that your books come in beautifully...
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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
- Jul 29
Yankee Doodle Darcy?
In the past two centuries, Jane Austen has been called many things. Her fans have called her brilliant, witty, and insightful. Her...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 27
Celebrating S&S
Over the past decade-plus, as Jane Austen’s novels reached their publication bicentennials, writer and scholar Sarah Emsley invited...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 6
Acquired taste
Mansfield Park’s status as the most polarizing of Jane Austen’s novels is by now well-established. It’s the black-olives-and-anchovy...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 11
Not so historical
Jane Austen’s novels make it onto a lot of best-of lists, and I am usually happy when they do. But not last month, when both Pride and...
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. . ....
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...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 29
Kiddie lit
Back when I was young and stupid, I didn’t think much of Jane Austen’s Juvenilia, the short sketches and fragments she wrote between the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 8
Headline magic
If you read the UK media, you might be forgiven for thinking that no story about British real estate is complete without a link to Jane...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 4
Jane-talk, sponsored
Back in the summer of 2022, TikTok kicked off its inaugural book club with a group reading of Persuasion. Allegedly, the TikTok Book Club...
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