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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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Austen laurels
D-Day for Janeites – aka July 18, the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s untimely death – is approaching quickly, and a number of UK outlets...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 5, 2017
On this day in 1813. . .
Twenty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen wrote for money. Not only for money, of course...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 2, 2017
Celebrity opinions
A little over two centuries ago, Jane Austen famously recorded her acquaintances’ opinions, pro and con, of Emma and Mansfield Park. So...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 28, 2017
Coins and benches
Last fall, you’ll recall, the English town of Basingstoke, located not far from Jane Austen’s final home at Chawton, decided to...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 25, 2017
Scarlets fever
The past year has brought us a bumper crop of stories about real estate with more or less legit Austen connections. (Mostly less.) Last...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 21, 2017
Darcy in D.C.
“The new Darcy Hotel. . . is named for that taciturn hero of Jane Austen’s,” the Washington Times wrote earlier this month, at the outset...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 18, 2017
On this day in 1808. . .
Twenty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The letter Jane Austen began writing to her sister,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 14, 2017
A goodbye
My father, James Yaffe, was the man who first introduced me to Jane Austen, buying the ten-year-old me a copy of Pride and Prejudice to...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 11, 2017
Brokeback Pemberley
In my experience, non-Janeites are blissfully unaware of the vast universe of Austen fanfic in all its magnificent, explicit, pansexual...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 7, 2017
Déjà vu all over again
I love the British press. When it comes to Jane Austen, they can manufacture a story out of the thinnest gossamer. Even recycled...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 4, 2017
A rose is a rose
I love the idea of gardening – fresh air! Closeness to nature! The magic of growth and change! I love the results of gardening --...
Deborah Yaffe
May 31, 2017
Holiday break in Austen country
Any plans late next month? No? Then head over to the web site of Jane Austen 200 – the clearinghouse for events scheduled this year in...
Deborah Yaffe
May 28, 2017
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