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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

Dec 29, 2022

Dinner time

A common Janeite fantasy goes like this: You meet Jane Austen. Naturally, she finds you interesting and delightful. You get her take on,...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 12, 2018

Sightings

One of the occupational hazards of Janeite life is a heightened sensitivity to every mention of Jane Austen, no matter the context....

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 1, 2016

I is for intervention

The year is young, and already I’ve read a book that I consider a masterpiece worthy of my rare five-star Goodreads rating, which I...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 9, 2015

Miss Price goes to Washington

Jane Austen has been a semi-regular presence in the New York Times Book Review’s weekly “By the Book” feature, in which noted authors...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 15, 2014

Ready for Lizzy?

Janeites come in all political flavors, and I have no desire to split our cheerful community along partisan lines. But I hope we can all...

Deborah Yaffe

May 22, 2013

Jane Austen, by the book

Last Sunday, the British novelist Hilary Mantel was featured in the New York Times Book Review’s weekly "By the Book" feature, in which...