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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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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 7, 2016
On this day in 1816. . .
Fifteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 3, 2016
On this day in 1814. . .
Eleventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters Henry Austen, the fourth-oldest of Jane Austen’s seven siblings,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 4, 2016
On this day in 1813. . .
Tenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Today our world is awash in writers talking about their Intentions,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 23, 2015
On this day in 1805. . .
Seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. One of the pleasures of reading Jane Austen’s letters to her...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jun 21, 2015
Jane Austen slept here
Our first president traveled widely in his efforts to shore up the foundations of our fledgling republic. “Driven by duty to present...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 20, 2015
On this day in 1801. . .
Fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Reading Jane Austen’s letters – as I do for this occasional blog...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 3, 2015
Cassandra's grief
Cassandra Austen gets a bad rap from Janeites. As I’ve noted before, many of us just can’t forgive her for burning who-knows-how-many of...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 26, 2015
On this day in 1817. . .
Fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters The letter-like document that Jane Austen addressed to her sister,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 11, 2014
The not-so-unseen letter
Jane Austen loved her sister Cassandra, and so we Janeites must try to do so as well. But that bonfire makes it hard. Cassandra Austen...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 16, 2014
The sun of our lives
Tomorrow marks the 197th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, at 41, in a rented house at 8 College Street, Winchester, England....
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 17, 2013
Austen and Boston
In May of 1811, Jane Austen’s local newspaper carried a report of the Battle of Albuera, a bloody encounter pitting Britain and its...
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