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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

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 2, 2020

Eighty years on

The year that began yesterday will not bring us any important Jane Austen anniversaries: The bicentenaries of her death and of the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 1, 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 2, 2017

A whirlwind new year for Janeites

Happy new year, Janeites! For us fans of Jane Austen, 2017 is a big year, the biggest since – well, since 2013, when we celebrated the...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 8, 2015

German Janeites at play

Even if you don’t understand German – and I don’t – you may get a kick out of this YouTube video of a recent Austen-themed ball in the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 1, 2015

A Jane Austen year

Jane Austen isn't just everywhere; she's all the time. After a busy year celebrating Mansfield Park's two hundredth anniversary,...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 26, 2013

Kids these days

Now why didn't they do this kind of thing when I was in college? Students at Monmouth College, a small, private liberal-arts school in...