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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 7, 2021

Recovering a literary Holy Grail

It’s been more than three years since a trio of passionate Janeites formed the Godmersham Lost Sheep Society (GLOSS), an organization...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 21, 2018

In Edward's library

In September 1813, Jane Austen wrote to her sister, Cassandra, from their brother Edward’s library at Godmersham Park in Kent. As regular...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 25, 2017

Herding sheep

Somewhere out there, lost lambs are baa-ing to return to the fold, and a group of scholarly Bo Peeps is ready to shepherd them home. The...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 15, 2014

Editing for Austen geeks

When you’re an Austen geek, you’re an Austen geek. One of my favorite breakout sessions from the just-concluded Jane Austen Society of...