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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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Bringing up the rear
Six months ago, author and scholar Sarah Emsley launched a blog series dedicated to the two Austen novels marking their bicentenary this...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 28, 2018
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Graphing the plot
Back in high school, I did reasonably well in math. I may have trouble balancing my checkbook these days, but I promise I’m not one of...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 25, 2018
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On this day in 1813. . .
Thirty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Although Jane Austen was, famously, not a big fan of Bath,...
Deborah Yaffe
May 24, 2018
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The Darwinian Austen
If only “literary Darwinism” had existed when I was in school, I might have liked science a whole lot more. Yes, according to a story on...
Deborah Yaffe
May 10, 2018
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P&P for foodies
Jane Austen’s mature novels are not, by and large, very foodie. Although important scenes occur over meals – think Mary Crawford’s...
Deborah Yaffe
May 7, 2018
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Jane the MOOC-er
Janeites tend to know quite a bit about Jane Austen: her books, her characters, her family, her life and times. But hey – there’s always...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 19, 2018
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Jane Austen: Leading girls astray since 1811?
Back when I was writing Among the Janeites, I happened across two Facebook groups whose titles encapsulated a common set of attitudes...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 12, 2018
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On this day in 1809. . .
Thirty-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Publishers jerk authors around. This is not exactly news,...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 5, 2018
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Down on Up Lit
One of the most useful sentences Jane Austen ever wrote is surely this one: “Pictures of perfection as you know make me sick & wicked.”...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 2, 2018
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Write like Jane Austen
Jane Austen, writing instructor. Intimidated much? I wouid be. Although Austen gave kind and useful novel-writing advice to her...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 19, 2018
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On this day in 1814. . .
Thirty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen had spent her day...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 8, 2018
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The fifth-grade Jane Austen
Is Jane Austen hard to read? “Absolutely not!” I hear you Janeites saying. “She’s a master of precise and lucid prose! Her dialogue...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 8, 2018
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