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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

Jun 30, 2019

Too darn hot

The dog days of summer are approaching, and perhaps that’s why the amount of Stupid Jane Austen Stuff coming my way seems to have ramped...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 22, 2018

Angst in Adlestrop

Sometimes the English are just so. . . English that you can’t help giggling. And so it was earlier this month, when I happened across the...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 24, 2016

Austen must-sees

I am, of course, aware that online listicles with titles like “22 Places in the UK That Are a Must-See for Jane Austen Fans” are silly...