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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 in profile
The other day, I ran across this attractive Austen-themed craft idea, and it got me thinking about that silhouette. Now owned by the...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 5, 2014
Among the Janeites in "The Author's Corner"
Exciting news: Among the Janeites is included this week on “The Author’s Corner on Public Radio,” which provides public radio affiliates...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 1, 2014
Austen schooling
Admittedly, the only connection between the author Jane Austen and England’s new Jane Austen College is the name. But I’m so charmed by...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 28, 2014
Games Janeites play
It hasn’t quite been Ten Days that Rocked the Jane Austen World, but this past week or so has brought us several memorable Janeite teapot...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 24, 2014
Clone me, please
Holy scheduling conflict, Batman! Just a couple of short-ish train rides from my home, a delightful-sounding Janeite event will take...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 21, 2014
Pemberley downsizes
I first discovered the Republic of Pemberley in 2005, when I went looking for background information on the entail, to supplement my...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 17, 2014
Jane votes yes
We Janeites are used to seeing Our Author co-opted by partisans across the politico-cultural spectrum: depending on who’s talking, she’s...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 14, 2014
Another brick in the wall
Was it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 10, 2014
Another Jane Austen sighting
My Jane Austen Google alert this weekend pointed me to this alluring yet unsatisfactory story in the Halstead Gazette, which covers the...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 7, 2014
In it for the money
Not being a math type, I have never spent much time trying to calculate the contemporary equivalents of the sums mentioned in Jane...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 3, 2014
Win a signed copy of Among the Janeites
Over at Lost Generation Reader, Jenna is running a giveaway to wrap up her “Austen in August” event. Among the prizes is a copy of Among...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 31, 2014
Bright college years
Like so many of us, I retain fond, rose-colored memories of my college years, when I had nothing to do but read great books and discuss...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 27, 2014
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