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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
Jun 26, 2019
Fragments of news, news about fragments
The Janeite word of the moment, it would appear, is “fragment.” * Last week, Jane Austen’s House Museum launched an urgent appeal for...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 23, 2019
A letter to Anna
Six years ago, the singer Kelly Clarkson was forced to part with a charming little piece of jewelry she had just picked up at auction in...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 19, 2019
On this day in 1808. . .
Forty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters It’s hardly news to dedicated Janeites that the Jane Austen we...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 26, 2019
On this day in 1817. . .
Forty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. In May of 1817, the gravely ill Jane Austen left her home...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 10, 2019
On this day in 1805. . .
Forty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. "It is a period, indeed!” Captain Wentworth exclaims to Anne...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 24, 2019
On this day in 1817. . .
Forty-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Those of us who feel strongly about books sometimes subject...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 13, 2019
Life imitates Northanger Abbey
The bitterest pill that Janeites must swallow is the knowledge that Cassandra Austen kept dozens – nay, perhaps hundreds! – of her sister...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 24, 2019
On this day in 1817. . .
Forty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Only hindsight makes anything remarkable out of the letter...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 17, 2018
On this day in 1816. . .
Fortieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. It’s not always easy to tell when Jane Austen, master of irony,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 29, 2018
On this day in 1812. . .
Thirty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Talk about burying the lead. The letter that Jane Austen...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 10, 2018
On this day in 1813. . .
Thirty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Some writers fill their letters with detailed responses to...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 23, 2018
On this day in 1813. . .
Thirty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen never lived alone. From her earliest days,...
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