On this day in 1801. . .
Sixty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen communicated nothing particularly remarkable in...
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. . . 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
- Jan 14, 2021
On this day in 1796. . .
Sixtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The record of Jane Austen’s thoughts, feelings, and opinions is...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 28, 2020
On this day in 1798. . .
Fifty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. When Jane Austen sat down to write a letter to her sister,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Oct 14, 2020
On this day in 1813. . .
Fifty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. “Only think of Mrs Holder’s being dead!” Jane Austen wrote...
Deborah Yaffe
- Sep 13, 2020
On this day in 1804. . .
Fifty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The letter that the 28-year-old Jane Austen wrote to her...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 29, 2020
On this day in 1811. . .
Fifty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Some years ago, as I was finishing up Among the Janeites, I...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 26, 2019
On this day in 1798. . .
Fiftieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The holiday season can be difficult for those of us who find...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 18, 2019
On this day in 1798. . .
Forty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. For devotees of the Tom-Lefroy-was-the-love-of-Jane-Austen’s...
Deborah Yaffe
- Oct 27, 2019
Record-setting
Jane Austen’s work is, of course, a priceless gift to world culture. But she also pays some more quantifiable dividends, as the latest...
Deborah Yaffe
- Oct 23, 2019
On this day in 1808. . .
Forty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. When Jane Austen sat down to write a letter to her sister,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Oct 20, 2019
Going, going. . .
Once again, it’s time to cue a chorus of “If I Were A Rich Janeite”: another Austen artifact is on the market, set to be auctioned on...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 19, 2019
On this day in 1808. . .
Forty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters It’s hardly news to dedicated Janeites that the Jane Austen we...
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