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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 12, 2016
More Austen networking
About fourteen months ago, as loyal readers may remember, I blogged about an online effort to launch something called the Jane Austen...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 25, 2016
On this day in 1801. . .
Thirteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Finding biographical resonances in Jane Austen’s writing is a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 24, 2016
On this day in 1811. . .
Twelfth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. In the spring of 1811, Jane Austen stood on the cusp of great...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 3, 2016
On this day in 1814. . .
Eleventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters Henry Austen, the fourth-oldest of Jane Austen’s seven siblings,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 4, 2016
On this day in 1813. . .
Tenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Today our world is awash in writers talking about their Intentions,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 30, 2015
On this day in 1814. . .
Ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. We know so little of Jane Austen’s views on nearly everything that...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 27, 2015
On this day in 1814. . .
Eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. For those of us fascinated by Jane Austen’s novels, it’s a source...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 23, 2015
On this day in 1805. . .
Seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. One of the pleasures of reading Jane Austen’s letters to her...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 8, 2015
On this day in 1816. . .
Sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters By all accounts, Jane Austen was an exceptional aunt, and she had a...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 20, 2015
On this day in 1801. . .
Fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Reading Jane Austen’s letters – as I do for this occasional blog...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 26, 2015
On this day in 1817. . .
Fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters The letter-like document that Jane Austen addressed to her sister,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 25, 2015
On this day in 1817. . .
Third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. The letter Jane Austen wrote to her eleven-year-old niece, Caroline...
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