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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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Project Austen Runway
A New York bridal-gown designer wants to give away made-to-order, Jane Austen-inspired couture dresses. No one’s interested, I assume. As...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 9, 2021
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In the 'hood
The last of the Thanksgiving leftovers have been consumed. Wreaths and tinsel are filling the stores. It must be time to shop for holiday...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 30, 2020
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Color-coding
Better late than never: Although it appeared more than a month ago, I’ve only just stumbled across a cogent and fascinating analysis of...
Deborah Yaffe
May 11, 2020
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Emma fashionista
The new feature-film adaptation of Emma opened this past weekend, but not, alas, in my neck of the woods, where we proles must wait until...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 24, 2020
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Lydia the leopard
I really should cease being surprised by how indiscriminately purveyors of goods and services slap the name “Jane Austen” onto items with...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 31, 2019
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Oh, those clothes. .
The success of the screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels has been attributed to many factors: romantic plots, attractive stars,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 8, 2019
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Free to be. . .
On this holiday of freedom from tyranny, including the tyranny of conventional expectations, it seems appropriate to spend a moment...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 4, 2019
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Window shopping
Fashion – at least in the practical, everyday, what-are-you-wearing-this-morning sense – is not my thing. However, I like looking at...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 22, 2016
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Wedding season
Just in case yesterday’s festivities didn’t give you enough of that Valentine’s Day spirit, Biltmore House, the palatial Asheville, N.C.,...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 15, 2016
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Recapturing Austen's physicality
Janeites never tire of speculating about Austen’s appearance (see here and here for examples), despite – or perhaps because of – the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 13, 2015
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The Jane Austen diet plan
We Janeites hail our beloved author as a witty social critic, a source of romantic escapism, a harbinger of a more civilized age, a...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 1, 2015
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Wha--?
I love for people to find inspiration in Jane Austen. Really, I do. But from time to time, I look at something allegedly inspired by...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 24, 2014
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