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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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Everyone's a fan
Discovering a fellow Janeite can be a bittersweet experience. Sometimes it’s the delightful reassurance that you’re not alone in your...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 26
Celebrating S&S
Over the past decade-plus, as Jane Austen’s novels reached their publication bicentennials, writer and scholar Sarah Emsley invited...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 27, 2024
Bringing up the rear
Six months ago, author and scholar Sarah Emsley launched a blog series dedicated to the two Austen novels marking their bicentenary this...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 27, 2018
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
The Austen Catch-Up Project: Sarah Emsley
Perhaps because Jane Austen’s writing feels so fresh and modern, it’s tempting to imagine her as a contemporary who shares our...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 28, 2016
Emma as imaginist
Emma marked its publication bicentennial in December, and celebrations are still underway across the Janeite world. I’m happy to announce...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 10, 2016
The worst Christmas ever?
Despite the New York Times’ efforts to persuade us otherwise, Jane Austen is not a Christmassy writer. It’s true that the word...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 24, 2015
Happy birthday to Emma
This Wednesday – the bicentennial of the publication of Emma – also marks the kickoff of “Emma in the Snow,” a blog series hosted by...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 21, 2015
Austen, ambition, and Emsley
Jane Austen wrote daily, revised her work, recycled material from unused drafts, negotiated with publishers both directly and through an...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 7, 2015
What I heard at the AGM
I’m back home after four whirlwind days at the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting – held this year in Montreal...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 12, 2014
My share in the conversation
The writer and blogger Sarah Emsley is two months into “An Invitation to Mansfield Park,” her year-long series of weekly guest posts...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 9, 2014
Pop the champagne corks for Mansfield Park's 200th
Tomorrow is Mansfield Park’s two hundredth birthday, and what’s a birthday without a party? Our host is the writer and blogger Sarah...
Deborah Yaffe
May 7, 2014
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