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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
2 days ago
Pemberley on the wall
When Elizabeth Bennet visits Pemberley, she admires the furniture, the paintings, and the view from the windows. Apparently, however, she...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 30
Back in the day
I still remember the first time I watched the BBC’s iconic 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice .  At the time, my husband and I lived...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 23
Fun run
Pride and Prejudice is a novel filled with long walks. But jogging? Not so much. Elizabeth Bennet strides from Longbourn to Netherfield,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 9
On this day in 1799. . .
Ninety-eighth in an occasional series  of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters.  Exactly 226 years ago today, the 23-year-old Jane Austen...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 2
Celebration, by any name
A 250th birthday goes by many names . It can be called a semiquincentennial, a sestercentennial, a quarter millennial--even a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 26, 2024
Proud as a peacock
I’m so fond of the famous “Peacock edition" of Pride and Prejudice that its glorious art nouveau cover--featuring a graceful vase, some...
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Deborah Yaffe
Dec 23, 2024
Whale watching
Did Herman Melville read Jane Austen? Chronologically, he could have—he was born two years after Austen’s death—but temperamentally, it...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 31, 2024
Three plus one
Pity the poor Austen blogger. The minute you write , “ No fewer than three Austenian adaptations may be making their way to our TV...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 21, 2024
New material
In case you feared running short of new Jane Austen-themed television, you can stop worrying: No fewer than three Austenian adaptations...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 23, 2024
Creepy Lizzy
The newest Lizzy Bennet is a peculiar creature. True, her Regency-appropriate curls are lovely, and her dark eyes might pass for fine,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 19, 2024
Love among the stacks
Is Jane Austen a romance novelist? Discuss.  Or, if you’re not interested in revisiting your test-taking days, you could just travel to...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 22, 2024
Dr. Jane
It’s hardly news that Jane Austen’s prose comes in handy for recuperating patients: Her novels were famously prescribed to shell-shocked...
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