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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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High flying
The reviews are in for the latest Jane Austen-themed costume drama, and they’re raves: “Completely captivated.” “Work of genius.”...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 5, 2024
Woman of Winchester
Dust off those selfie sticks, Janeites: Winchester Cathedral is moving ahead with its controversial plan to place a statue of Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 1, 2024
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
Jul 29, 2024
A stitch in time
The complaints about Winchester Cathedral’s proposed Jane Austen statue have quieted down lately, or so I conclude from the silence of my...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 25, 2024
Giddyap!
“Jane Austen is 2-for-2 entering her stakes debut,” I read last month in an online publication I don’t usually consult. “Trained by Mark...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 22, 2024
What remains
Two hundred and seven years ago today, Jane Austen died in Winchester, England, at the age of forty-one. It’s easy to forget how...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 18, 2024
Endangered Dolphin, Part II
The moral seems clear: Bonnets are no match for the brutal imperatives of capitalism. It’s been five months since the owners of a...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 15, 2024
Stars and bonnets
If the midsummer doldrums are threatening to swallow you up, a cure may be on the horizon: The fifth annual iteration of VirtualJaneCon,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 11, 2024
Merch
Last month, I had occasion to call myself “a pedantic Janeite killjoy.” (And not for the first time, as I was reminded in the comments...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 8, 2024
Freedom
The arrival of Independence Day has reminded me of the worst writing advice I ever got. Bear with me as I explain the connection. Long,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 4, 2024
Formulaic
Is there an Austen Formula—a tried-and-true template, created by Jane Austen, that would-be novelists can adapt to their own purposes?...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 1, 2024
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 27, 2024
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