Janeite retirement
One of the many pleasures of researching Among the Janeites was the chance it gave me to meet fellow Austen fans from across the country...
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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, 2015
The improvement of the estate
If you liked the inspiring story of how Sandy Lerner turned Edward Austen Knight’s decaying family pile into the beautiful and important...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 21, 2015
Jane Austen slept here
Our first president traveled widely in his efforts to shore up the foundations of our fledgling republic. “Driven by duty to present...
Deborah Yaffe
May 3, 2015
Cassandra's grief
Cassandra Austen gets a bad rap from Janeites. As I’ve noted before, many of us just can’t forgive her for burning who-knows-how-many of...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 29, 2015
Cliffside paradise
So it turns out there’s a cliffside hotel with amazing views of the Pacific where all the rooms are named after famous writers and, since...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 17, 2014
Nice or naff? You decide
“Fierce divisions have broken out among the Guardian books team as to whether this video, bringing a statue of Jane Austen to life, is...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 13, 2014
Pemberley for sale
Ogling unattainable real estate is one of life’s great pleasures, and the mother of all real estate ogling is upon us now: Wentworth...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 3, 2014
Janeite fun with technology
No money for a tour of Jane Austen sites in England? Worry not: a diligent Janeite named LuciaM has painstakingly created a Google Earth...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 28, 2014
Austen schooling
Admittedly, the only connection between the author Jane Austen and England’s new Jane Austen College is the name. But I’m so charmed by...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 7, 2014
Another Jane Austen sighting
My Jane Austen Google alert this weekend pointed me to this alluring yet unsatisfactory story in the Halstead Gazette, which covers the...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 6, 2014
In charge at the cottage
I just can’t get enough of these Janeite dream jobs. Last year, Cassandra’s Cup, the tea shop across the road from Chawton cottage, the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 13, 2014
Waxing Jane
The biggest news in the Janeite world last week was the unveiling of a new waxwork of Our Jane at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath,...
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