Austen 250

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

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 21

Crossover artist

Jane Austen is the ultimate crossover artist, with an unchallenged position in both literary studies and popular culture. (Hey, didn’t...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 18

Thriller

Are you feeling sad that you won’t be able to join the Jane Austen 250th Birthday festivities in England next year? Fear not! You can...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 14

Sacred space

Jane Austen breathed her last on July 18, 1817, in rented rooms at 8 College Street in the English cathedral city of Winchester. For...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 4

Winning ribbons

In chapter 27 of Emma , sweet but dim Harriet Smith dithers over her shopping, while Emma Woodhouse tries “with all the force of her own...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 28

Jane Austen studied here

Jane Austen’s formal education was brief. Between the ages of seven and ten, she spent a little over two years attending two different...