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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
Jun 10, 2018
On this day in 1799. . .
Thirty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The story of Jane Austen fandom has been told more than...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 27, 2018
Proust questionnaire for a Janeite
Last month, as blog readers will recall, a non-profit executive and Janeite with the extraordinarily appropriate name of Janet Austin was...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 23, 2018
On this day in 1813. . .
Thirty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Although Jane Austen was, famously, not a big fan of Bath,...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 16, 2018
Austenland for real?
Over the years, I’ve swooned about Austen-linked real estate coming up for sale or rent. Perhaps I have said things like, “If money were...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 13, 2018
The beautiful grounds at Pemberley
By now, pretty much every Janeite in the known universe has seen the moment in the BBC’s iconic 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 9, 2018
The Darwinian Austen
If only “literary Darwinism” had existed when I was in school, I might have liked science a whole lot more. Yes, according to a story on...
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Deborah Yaffe
May 6, 2018
P&P for foodies
Jane Austen’s mature novels are not, by and large, very foodie. Although important scenes occur over meals – think Mary Crawford’s...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 22, 2018
Janeites, Janeites everywhere
These days, it’s de rigueur in some circles to think of Jane Austen as a closet lefty: subversive social satirist, anti-slavery...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 26, 2018
P&P on ice
The Winter Olympics are over, but not without a fleeting Jane Austen moment. Last week, as my daughter and I were sitting glued to the...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 19, 2018
Jane Austen tidbits
Although it’s been a quiet few weeks on the Austen beat, at least compared with last year’s bicentenary frenzy, a few bits of Janeite...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 12, 2018
Jane Austen in the age of the selfie
Long, long ago – wait, was it only 2009? – a clever young man named Seth Grahame-Smith interpolated zombie references into the text of...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 29, 2018
On this day in 1813. . .
Thirtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen was brimming over with the joy...
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