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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

Another Austen anniversary

The year marking the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death is almost over, but one more major Austen anniversary lies ahead of us: 2018 is...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 14, 2017

Pie and prejudice

Thanksgiving Day is upon us once again, and once again it’s time to search the works of Jane Austen – who, as an Englishwoman who never...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 23, 2017

The Austen Catch-Up Project: Jocelyn Harris

When Jane Austen described her work as “the little bit (two inches wide) of Ivory on which I work with so fine a Brush, as produces...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 23, 2016

That Hamilton woman

Jane Austen was only seven when the American War of Independence ended, and as far as I know she is not on record either pro or con –...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 3, 2016

Not quite Antiques Roadshow

The story sounds irresistible: A treasured Jane Austen first edition, inscribed more than a century earlier to an unknown young woman,...

Deborah Yaffe

May 1, 2016

Getting it wrong, again

It’s time again for one of my favorite pastimes: Making Fun of the Internet – Jane Austen Edition. Today’s episode includes two entries: ...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 7, 2016

How dare you?

It’s not exactly news that we Janeites feel very, very strongly about Jane Austen’s characters. Like, more strongly than we do about most...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 9, 2015

Not as happy as I deserve

Another year, another round of Let’s Misquote Jane Austen. Back in October, the last time I was overcome by irritation at the general...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 2, 2015

A Jane Austen Christmas

Jane Austen is famously careful about the chronology in her stories – Ellen Moody has mined the text to produce working calendars for all...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 25, 2014

Must stop can't stop

I really should stop. Don’t torture myself, right? Just surrender my Jane Austen Critical Faculties license, turn in my Janeite Purist...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 19, 2014

Another brick in the wall

Was it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 10, 2014

Another Jane Austen movie?

Today's quiz question: Which Jane Austen novel does this plot summary suggest? “Ella is touring Italy with her boyfriend, unaware that...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 27, 2014