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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 23, 2015
Electing Lydia
It’s not every day that Kitty and Lydia Bennet are implicitly compared to Bobby Jindal and Donald Trump. But it’s that kind of week on...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 13, 2015
Teaching teens to love Austen
Last week brought the news that yet another contemporary author has decided to mine Jane Austen’s works for inspiration: “Chicken House...
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Deborah Yaffe
Sep 2, 2015
Jane Austen inside the lines
I was a dutiful, conscientious child who entirely lacked artistic ability. As such, I was rather a fan of the coloring book, which...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 30, 2015
The women we love (or love to hate)
Another day, another artificially constructed list of literary favorites on which Jane Austen ranks high. Today’s entry is the “Top 15 of...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 26, 2015
Austen after After
My philosophy of youthful reading can be summed up in three words: It’s all good. Comic books, novelizations of TV shows, futuristic...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 22, 2015
Gone fishin'
I interrupt this week’s blogging to take a short vacation. Luckily, Jane Austen – in the person of Elizabeth Bennet -- had something to...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 1, 2015
Online Austen and our Internet selves
It’s been more than two years since we fans bid a sad farewell to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the delightful web series that recast Pride...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 29, 2015
Mr. Darcy revealed! (Or not)
Another day, another Mr. Darcy. Over the years, various ambitious authors and breathless journalists have informed us of their amazing...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 15, 2015
The Austen Fiasco?
Halfway to the finish line, the Austen Project is looking increasingly like the Austen Fiasco. The Austen Project, as you may recall, is...
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Deborah Yaffe
Apr 5, 2015
Calling all Austen nerds
Given the attention lavished on filmed Jane Austen adaptations in the past twenty years, it was probably inevitable that, amid this...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 11, 2015
Mr. Darcy, slave trader?
“Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy made his fortune from slavery”! “Romantic hero profited from the misery of others”! So scream this week’s...
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Deborah Yaffe
Mar 2, 2015
Winnie, Lizzy, and Camilla
Elizabeth Bennet – vivacious, witty, charming and good-hearted – has many fans. Add to the list Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wife of...
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