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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

Nov 21

Crossover artist

Jane Austen is the ultimate crossover artist, with an unchallenged position in both literary studies and popular culture. (Hey, didn’t...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 17

Desk set

The celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth won’t officially kick off until next year, but that isn’t stopping the...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 15

Endangered Dolphin, Part II

The moral seems clear: Bonnets are no match for the brutal imperatives of capitalism. It’s been five months since the owners of a failing...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 20

Endangered Dolphin

In December 1793, during a visit to cousins in the Hampshire city of Southampton, the soon-to-turn-eighteen-year-old Jane Austen danced...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 8

Headline magic

If you read the UK media, you might be forgiven for thinking that no story about British real estate is complete without a link to Jane...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 20, 2023

Semi-native daughter

Jane Austen’s stays in the southern English port of Southampton were short-ish and not especially happy. As a seven-year-old, she...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 3, 2018

Austen connections

At this point in Jane Austen’s career of pop-culture celebrity, it’s no surprise that every place with even a tangential connection to...