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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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On this day in 1813. . .
Thirtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen was brimming over with the joy...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 29, 2018
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Onion Story Pleases Discerning Janeite Reader
Like all Internet-connected Janeites, I had a good giggle last week about the Onion story headlined, “Man Wishes Women In Crowded Bar...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 22, 2018
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Shades of Pemberley
Jane Austen’s name and image have been appropriated for so many ancillary items – fridge magnets, tote bags, coffee mugs, temporary...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 28, 2017
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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
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The wild and wanton Jane Austen
Fifty-three years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote that, while he could not fully define hard-core pornography, “I...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 19, 2017
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Men who won't take no for an answer
Jane Austen anticipates current events in Hollywood: Northanger Abbey, ch. 15: “ ‘Did you ever hear the old song ‘Going to One Wedding...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 16, 2017
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P&P game-playing
Austen adaptations, whether on stage, screen or fanfic page, all too often fall victim to an excess of earnestness – the bonnets, the...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 12, 2017
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On this day in 1813. . .
Twenty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Janeites often wonder how Jane Austen would feel about her...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 25, 2017
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The factory at work
The Jane Austen adaptation factory never seems to stop churning out fresh material. By now, the proliferating combinations and...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 21, 2017
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Portable Pemberley
We all have our own idea of Pemberley, the quintessential Jane Austen estate. On film, it’s been played by gorgeous Lyme Park, in...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 11, 2017
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Remaking an icon
Unless you’ve spent the past week entirely absorbed in stocking your fallout shelter with canned goods, you’ve probably heard that a...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 14, 2017
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Puppies and prejudice
During World War I, historians tell us, Jane Austen’s novels were sometimes prescribed to traumatized British soldiers as a remedy for...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 10, 2017
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