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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

Jan 12, 2023

Alumni reunions

Over the holidays, my family settled in for a screening of that sublime romcom Notting Hill. When the movie ended (“I’m just a girl,...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 25, 2019

Sneak previews

The new year is shaping up as a happy one for Janeites, at least American ones, since it will usher in two new Austen adaptations – the...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 13, 2019

Second bananas

We Janeites may love Austen’s heroes and heroines, but it’s her secondary characters who make us laugh out loud. Fanny Dashwood’s...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 27, 2019

Promising news about Emma

The upcoming big-screen adaptation of Emma has acquired a complete cast list, and for those of us who delight in fine British character...