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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
Aug 12, 2021
Deck the halls
It was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 15, 2021
On fire
Nearly two years ago, word trickled out that a same-sex update of Pride and Prejudice, set on the gay mecca of New York’s Fire Island,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 12, 2021
The dating game
Some weeks, it’s not clear what tidbit of gossip or news deserves mention as the biggest story in Jane Austen fandom. Other weeks, a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 21, 2021
Game over
About eight years ago, a software engineer named Judy L. Tyrer raised more than $100,000 on Kickstarter to develop a Jane Austen-themed...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 18, 2021
Puzzled
I love jigsaw puzzles. So much so that I only occasionally dare to start one, lest my addiction/obsession eat up every waking hour until...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 19, 2020
Who's in?
Three years ago, blog readers will recall, a branch of the UK’s Society of Young Publishers sponsored a Jane Austen pub quiz – i.e., a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 12, 2020
Passing Go
In case you were wondering how high the bar for Janeite gift-giving could be set, wonder no longer: Josh Jordan, a twenty-nine-year-old...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 21, 2020
The Jane Austen Guide to Quarantine
For many of us, coronavirus quarantine has proved to be the perfect moment to reread Jane Austen. (Although, really, is there ever a bad...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 22, 2020
To the manor born
It’s no secret that many Jane Austen screen adaptations owe their popularity in part to the appeal of their detailed period costumes and...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 10, 2019
Elizabeth Beeblebrox, anyone?
Just a few days after my uncharitable swipe at those who promulgate Austenian misinformation, a reminder of human fallibility crossed my...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 25, 2018
Playing for keeps
Despite my near-total lack of interest in video games, I am always happy to hear of another game-creator developing an Austen-themed...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 19, 2018
Jane Austen tidbits
Although it’s been a quiet few weeks on the Austen beat, at least compared with last year’s bicentenary frenzy, a few bits of Janeite...
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