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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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Digging in
It’s December 25! Time for everyone’s favorite Christmas tradition: A trip to the movies, followed by a delicious dinner of steamed...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 25, 2023
Unintimidated
Just in case all the usual reasons to admire Ukrainians -- courage, grit, unshakeable commitment to democracy – aren’t enough for you,...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 26, 2022
Taking refuge in Austen
Six years ago, when I heard about a young Syrian woman reading Jane Austen while enduring the bombing of Aleppo, I saw the story as a...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 21, 2022
While the bombs fall
Back in 2016, the BBC interviewed a young Syrian woman sheltering at home during the government’s brutal bombing of the city of Aleppo....
Deborah Yaffe
May 5, 2022
Fruitcake
As the holidays approach, you may be bracing for the arrival of that winter perennial, the fruitcake -- baked months earlier, soaked in...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 9, 2019
Liberties
Back in middle and high school, I took French. In college, I took Italian. I enjoyed them both – beautiful languages, fascinating...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 8, 2018
Worldwide Jane in 2018
Once upon a time, Jane Austen was a British writer. But today, she’s an international phenomenon, with fan societies on at least five...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 1, 2018
Austen in Austenistan
As I’ve noted before, the Indian subcontinent has a curious affinity for the works of Jane Austen. (The Economist's current online issue...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 16, 2017
Jane Austen, citizen of the world
Jane Austen is often seen as quintessentially English, in her portraits of a rural middle-class life dominated by the gentry and the...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 22, 2016
Austen on the (Indian) small screen
More international Jane Austen: an Indian TV channel is launching a show “based loosely” on Sense and Sensibility. (Not to be confused, I...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 31, 2014
Timeless (and international) Austen
The tirelessly energetic, not-yet-two-year-old Jane Austen Book Club of Mumbai, India, has issued its first publication, a forty-page...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 17, 2014
Jane Austen in India
How awesome is this? A sixteen-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, has founded the city’s first Jane Austen club. "I've been fascinated by...
Deborah Yaffe
May 13, 2013
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