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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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Beautiful books, glamorous provenance
When valuable editions of Jane Austen’s novels come up for auction, the selling point is usually something about the books themselves:...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 9, 2020
Who's in?
Three years ago, blog readers will recall, a branch of the UK’s Society of Young Publishers sponsored a Jane Austen pub quiz – i.e., a...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 19, 2020
Happy birthday, JAS
A thousand years ago – or, actually, back in January – the big Janeite news of 2020 was shaping up to be the eightieth anniversary of the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 8, 2020
Back to the gardens
The world continues to take baby steps toward reopening after quarantine. For Janeites, the latest encouraging sign is that the gardens...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 1, 2020
Tuning in to Chawton House
Even in quarantine – especially in quarantine? -- Janeites apparently can’t get enough Jane Austen. Or so we might conclude from the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 10, 2020
The great (virtual) outdoors
Fresh off their successful Lockdown Literary Festival earlier this month, the indefatigable folks who run Chawton House, the stately home...
Deborah Yaffe
May 24, 2020
Literature in lockdown
Like everyone else, the Janeite community has been battered by pandemic and lockdown, with iconic tourist sites closed and financially...
Deborah Yaffe
May 13, 2020
Janeite SOS
It’s no secret that the closing of pretty much everything in response to the coronavirus pandemic has hit non-profits and arts...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 26, 2020
New views at Chawton House
The reimagining of Chawton House, the Austen-connected stately home and research library in Hampshire, England, continues apace – which...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 3, 2020
Friends
Although Jane Austen is a quintessentially British writer, her admirers in North America are legion. Indeed, the Jane Austen Society of...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 16, 2019
From PhD to CEO
The transformation of Chawton House from purely academic destination into full-service Janeite tourist draw continues: The stately home...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 14, 2018
Death of an Austen descendant
Thanks to her four reproductively prolific brothers – James, Edward, Frank, and Charles produced an impressive total of thirty-three sons...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 5, 2018
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