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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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Pet Austen Peeve #83: Movie Quotes Aren't Book Quotes
I suppose I should just stop banging my head against the same old brick wall. But really: if you’re going to go to the trouble of...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 24, 2014
Announcing blog archives
The website platform I use here, Moonfruit, has many excellent qualities -- primarily, its ease of use for the technically non-adept,...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 20, 2014
Wearable books
How often do you get the chance to celebrate books, donate to a good cause and acquire a cool T-shirt – all at once? Not often, am I...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 17, 2014
Manga Lizzy
The Japanese seem to be fond of Jane Austen – there is a Jane Austen Society of Japan, a Japanese scholar spoke at one of the Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 13, 2014
Jane Austen and babies: not so perfect together
Jane Austen, I think it’s fair to say, was not one to coo sentimentally over babies. She did not wax eloquent about the radiance of...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 10, 2014
In charge at the cottage
I just can’t get enough of these Janeite dream jobs. Last year, Cassandra’s Cup, the tea shop across the road from Chawton cottage, the...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 6, 2014
Happy first birthday to Among the Janeites
A year ago this coming Wednesday, my book Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom was published. Barring a...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 3, 2014
Awesome mom, possibly a Janeite
Most of us moms are muddling along, trying to make sure the kids eat something besides cold cereal, wear clothing that is reasonably...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 30, 2014
Another Jane Austen movie?
Today's quiz question: Which Jane Austen novel does this plot summary suggest? “Ella is touring Italy with her boyfriend, unaware that...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 27, 2014
Wha--?
I love for people to find inspiration in Jane Austen. Really, I do. But from time to time, I look at something allegedly inspired by...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 23, 2014
Austen tops another list
The UK’s Independent newspaper just asked one hundred people working in the arts – writers, publishers, actors, directors – to pick their...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 20, 2014
The sun of our lives
Tomorrow marks the 197th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, at 41, in a rented house at 8 College Street, Winchester, England....
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 16, 2014
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