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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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“To be quite honest, I do not think I can live without something of a musical society,” the newlywed Mrs. Elton reports telling her...

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Feb 17

In the two centuries since Jane Austen’s death, her novels have proved almost infinitely adaptable, transmuted into stage plays, radio...

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Nov 6, 2023

Over the past three years, the indefatigable Jane Austen & Co. has convened four smart and provocative online lecture series about...

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Mar 9, 2023

Like most writers, Jane Austen was a reader, avidly consuming the poetry, fiction, and non-fiction prose of her day. Her letters offer...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 27, 2022

Just a few days ago, I returned from a visit to family in England. In my natural habitat, I’m not much of a tea drinker; absent a sore...

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Mar 21, 2022

Last year, as George Floyd’s murder sparked a racial reckoning around the globe, the public humanities collaborative Jane Austen & Co....

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Nov 11, 2021

Five years ago, I wrote a magazine article about the controversy over Woodrow Wilson’s repugnant racial views – an aspect of the...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 11, 2021