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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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Fun run
Pride and Prejudice is a novel filled with long walks. But jogging? Not so much. Elizabeth Bennet strides from Longbourn to Netherfield,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 23
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Creepy Lizzy
The newest Lizzy Bennet is a peculiar creature. True, her Regency-appropriate curls are lovely, and her dark eyes might pass for fine,...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 23, 2024
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The luxury of time
Summer is winding down, but there’s still time to squeeze in some vacation reading. And if you prefer that your books come in beautifully...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 26, 2024
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Dr. Jane
It’s hardly news that Jane Austen’s prose comes in handy for recuperating patients: Her novels were famously prescribed to shell-shocked...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 22, 2024
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High flying
The reviews are in for the latest Jane Austen-themed costume drama, and they’re raves: “Completely captivated.” “Work of genius.”...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 5, 2024
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Gotcha!
One of the pleasures of life as a pedantic Janeite killjoy is the opportunity to call out minor--yet vexing!--Austen-related errors...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 10, 2024
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Craving the misery
Five years ago, the British journalist Tanya Gold wrote a whole article about how much she dislikes Jane Austen. Now, in an article about...
Deborah Yaffe
May 30, 2024
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Head of the table
A playful and intriguing work of decorative art is now on permanent public display in England. And it’s got a Jane Austen angle! I am...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 4, 2024
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Austenian situationships
“There is a scene in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility where the hopelessly romantic Marianne Dashwood writes a letter to a man she...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 15, 2024
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Marked up
The world can be divided into two categories: People who leave their books unsullied, and people who mark them up. And if a prominent...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 7, 2023
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Second chances
July 1997. A lavish birthday party for a controversial royal paramour. Her old flame and current lover, the future king of England, rises...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 30, 2023
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Janeite abroad
Jane Austen has a substantial following in Ukraine, it seems. This is not something I knew two years ago, but a lot has changed in the...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 13, 2023
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