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Journalist and author
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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Inferiority complex
In 2007, Colin Firth told the London Sunday Times that he was completely unsuited to his most famous role , which he had played twelve...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 19, 2024
High flying
The reviews are in for the latest Jane Austen-themed costume drama, and they’re raves: “Completely captivated.” “Work of genius.”...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 5, 2024
Yankee Doodle Darcy?
In the past two centuries, Jane Austen has been called many things. Her fans have called her brilliant, witty, and insightful. Her...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 29, 2024
The Shirt, unveiled
Sometimes launching a museum exhibition is a complicated process, as catalogs are researched, international loan agreements negotiated,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 13, 2024
Growth spurt
Back in the 2010s, when I first started reading Jane Austen fanfic, the typical example of the genre was a romance novel, either Regency...
Deborah Yaffe
May 9, 2024
Seven paragraphs to read if you want to
I should probably spend less time thinking about stupid clickbait listicles that mention Jane Austen. My mental health would improve. My...
Deborah Yaffe
May 6, 2024
Playing around
For certain kinds of Janeites, nothing beats dressing up in Regency costume and—to paraphrase Mr. Bennet—exposing themselves in some...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 18, 2024
Not so historical
Jane Austen’s novels make it onto a lot of best-of lists, and I am usually happy when they do. But not last month, when both Pride and...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 11, 2024
Questionable inspiration?
It’s always sad when a fire severely damages a family home, and even more so when the building itself has historic or architectural...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 25, 2024
Welcome, Janeites!
Apparently, not everyone in the UK opposes turning their little corner of Britain into Janeite Disneyland. Earlier this month, as...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 18, 2024
Sold!
Somewhere out there, a Jane Austen fan—perhaps someone you know! Perhaps you yourself!—is clearing space in her trophy cabinet for a...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 11, 2024
Stocking stuffer
What do you get for the Janeite who has everything? You’d think it would be easy to buy for people whose fandom has spawned an ocean of...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 29, 2024
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