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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

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 22, 2021

Costume drama

It’s Oscar night on Sunday, and even though this year will inevitably lack the red-carpet glamor of pre-pandemic times, I will avidly...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 31, 2020

Goodbye at last, 2020

A year ago, I confidently predicted a 2020 filled with the usual array of Austen events: “Teas, balls, fairs, festivals, conferences,...

Deborah Yaffe

May 10, 2020

Color-coding

Better late than never: Although it appeared more than a month ago, I’ve only just stumbled across a cogent and fascinating analysis of...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 18, 2020

Silver linings

There’s an upside to everything, apparently – even a global pandemic that threatens to sicken and perhaps kill millions while tanking the...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 17, 2020

The big event

We’re just days away from one of the year’s big Janeite events: Friday’s U.S. opening of the new feature film adaptation of Emma, a week...