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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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Time to exhibit
As we approach the last third of this Austen 250 year, the torrent of anniversary-related events shows no sign of abating—especially in...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 18
For sale
Few pastimes give me as much pleasure as the ogling of unaffordable real estate. It’s a bonus when said real estate has Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 14
Austen business is booming
Jane Austen “is on course to have her best year since 2009,” the UK publishing industry magazine The Bookseller reported recently. “In...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 11
Jane on Zoom
Those of us who live within striking distance of New York City have another five weeks in which to catch the Morgan Library & Museum’s...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 7
Girls on film
Three-quarters of the twenty-first century lies ahead of us, but already the New York Times is hard at work on clickbait Best of the...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 4
Soaked and sodden
In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice , no one gets wet, except for poor Jane Bennet, soaked (offstage) while riding to Netherfield...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 31
Janeite fun for all ages
Although Jane Austen didn’t write for children, many Janeites discover Austen during their tween or teen years, around the age when...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 28
Hatching time
Like periodical cicadas, Austen adaptations come around on a predictable schedule. Every ten or fifteen years, a newly hatched crew of...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 24
Gifts
My husband was sure there would be no gift shop at 8 College Street , the Winchester house where Jane Austen died, and which opened to...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 21
Souvenirs for the bookish
Halfway through this year of Austen 250 celebrations, you may be considering what sort of merch would make an appropriate souvenir of the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 17
Living with a legend
Jane Austen’s House , the museum also known as Chawton cottage, is the most hallowed spot in Austen fandom: the place Jane Austen lived...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 14
Regency runway
I know very little about fashion, as my invariably pedestrian wardrobe choices make immediately clear to everyone I meet. (Who needs Elle...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 10
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