High flying
The reviews are in for the latest Jane Austen-themed costume drama, and they’re raves: “Completely captivated.” “Work of genius.”...
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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
Aug 1
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...
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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...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 25
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...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 22
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...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 18
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...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 15
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 failing...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 11
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,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 8
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...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 4
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,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 1
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?...
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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...
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