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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

Bewitched

Among Janeites, the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice is . . . controversial. Purists, especially those old enough to have seen an...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 25, 2019

“At length the Day is come on which I am to flirt my last with Tom Lefroy,” the 20-year-old Jane Austen wrote to her sister in January...

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Aug 31, 2017

Phew! After a near-death experience earlier this summer, the beloved Republic of Pemberley, the largest online Jane Austen fan site, has...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 1, 2016

Two years ago, under intense financial pressure, the Republic of Pemberley, the largest online Jane Austen fan community, downsized to a...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 15, 2016

I first discovered the Republic of Pemberley in 2005, when I went looking for background information on the entail, to supplement my...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 18, 2014

I spent this past week participating in a most enjoyable Group Read of Among the Janeites at the Republic of Pemberley (it's now...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 23, 2013

I'm very excited about the week-long Group Read of Among the Janeites, which starts this Sunday, September 15, at the Republic of...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 13, 2013

I'm very excited to report that the Republic of Pemberley, the largest on-line Jane Austen fan community, has scheduled a Group Read of...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 8, 2013