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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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A Jane Austen Christmas
Jane Austen is famously careful about the chronology in her stories – Ellen Moody has mined the text to produce working calendars for all...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 25, 2014
It's in the cards
Just in time for Christmas, I’ve become aware of the existence of not one but two new-ish (less than two years old) Jane Austen-related...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 22, 2014
You really shouldn't have
All across the Net (for instance: here and here and here), you will find long lists of Jane Austen-related holiday gifts for the Janeite...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 18, 2014
Another Jane Austen Day
Tomorrow is December 16–for some, just another Tuesday in late fall; for others, Beethoven’s birthday; and for Janeites, of course, the...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 15, 2014
The not-so-unseen letter
Jane Austen loved her sister Cassandra, and so we Janeites must try to do so as well. But that bonfire makes it hard. Cassandra Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 11, 2014
James on Jane
As I’ve mentioned before, I – like many Janeites – was no fan of P.D. James’ murder-mystery Pride and Prejudice sequel, Death Comes to...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 8, 2014
On the first day of Mr. Darcy. . .
As a good (well, semi-good) Jewish girl, I’ve never owned an Advent calendar. The closest I ever came was in childhood, when we’d visit...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 4, 2014
Quirk's list
Since the holiday shopping season has officially begun, I’m especially pleased that Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 1, 2014
Gobble, gobble
As I contemplated my holiday cooking earlier this week, I found myself wondering whether Jane Austen ever mentions The Bird – our...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 27, 2014
Jane Austen over tea
I recently ran across the web site of a group calling itself the Jane Austen Tea Society. According to the site, “It is a truth...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 24, 2014
Austen first impressions
Margaret C. Sullivan*, known for the past decade as the editrix of AustenBlog, picked her first Jane Austen paperback off a drugstore’s...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 20, 2014
Nice or naff? You decide
“Fierce divisions have broken out among the Guardian books team as to whether this video, bringing a statue of Jane Austen to life, is...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 17, 2014
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