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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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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 9, 2017
Austen in toe shoes
Every time you think Jane Austen’s stories have been translated into every conceivable medium – not just the ubiquitous movies, but comic...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 19, 2017
Austen comic books 2.0
Given the ubiquity of comic books based on Jane Austen’s novels, I suppose it’s not surprising that we’ve now moved on to Version 2.0:...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 13, 2017
Dweeby Darcy
Edward IV, who reigned as king of England for most of the period from 1461-1483, was described by contemporaries as an unusually handsome...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 19, 2017
Austen by ear
By now, we Janeites are experts at the fine art of comparing and contrasting the various screen adaptations of Austen’s novels. Favorite...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 26, 2016
Big eyes, bigger emotions
By now, it’s hardly news that Jane Austen’s stories have inspired adaptations in every conceivable genre and medium: zombie mashup, radio...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 21, 2016
Janeite demigod turns 80
Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who turned 80 this past Tuesday, is a Janeite demigod, the man who brought us not only the beloved 1995...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 4, 2016
Austen fights again
Six summers ago, a faux trailer for a non-existent film titled Jane Austen’s Fight Club went viral, with its hilarious juxtaposition of...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 5, 2016
Austen in bedlam
A few months ago, I was lucky enough to see a very enjoyable and ingenious stage production of Sense and Sensibility, performed in New...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 1, 2016
Who you callin' unpublished?
So I’ve finally seen Whit Stillman’s Love and Friendship, the much-heralded film adaptation of Lady Susan. (I enjoyed it, if perhaps not...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 22, 2016
Lining up for tickets
Since its initial release two weeks ago, Love and Friendship, Whit Stillman’s new film adaptation of Austen’s Lady Susan, has been...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 11, 2016
Finishing the already finished
Excited as I am to see Love and Friendship, Whit Stillman’s new film adaptation of Lady Susan, I’ve been more than a little skeptical of...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 4, 2016
Sanditon: Adapting Austen and Dobbs
Regular blog readers know that I’m squeeing with excitement over the upcoming film adaptation of Sanditon, the novel Jane Austen left...
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