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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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On this day in 1799. . .
Thirty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The story of Jane Austen fandom has been told more than...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 10, 2018
On this day in 1813. . .
Thirty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Although Jane Austen was, famously, not a big fan of Bath,...
Deborah Yaffe
May 23, 2018
Gateway to Austen's education
Few are the places with genuine Jane Austen connections. Austen’s birthplace, Steventon Rectory, was razed in the nineteenth century;...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 8, 2018
On this day in 1814. . .
Thirty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen had spent her day...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 8, 2018
On this day in 1813. . .
Thirtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen was brimming over with the joy...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 29, 2018
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
On this day in 1807. . .
Twentieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen came from a large and close-knit tribe of siblings...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 9, 2017
On this day in 1796. . .
Nineteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. If Cassandra Austen had known how much speculation would be...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 9, 2017
On this day in 1798. . .
Eighteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Reading has its hierarchies. We prefer acquaintances to catch...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 19, 2016
On this day in 1800. . .
Seventeenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. In 1884, when Jane Austen’s great-nephew Lord Brabourne...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 21, 2016
On this day in 1798. . .
Sixteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two hundred and eighteen years ago today, on October 27, 1798,...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 26, 2016
On this day in 1816. . .
Fifteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 7, 2016
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