Deborah Yaffe1 day agoOn this day in 1808. . . Ninety-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Janeites do not always take Jane Austen at her word when it...
Deborah Yaffe5 days agoPilgrimage sitesIn case you’re looking for another stop on your Jane Austen 250th Birthday Pilgrimage, a church where she once worshiped recently...
Deborah YaffeSep 30Austen-linked teardownLet us contemplate, for a moment, the kind of wealth that allows you to spend some £17 million ($22.8 million) on a palatial second home...
Deborah YaffeSep 26Regency rosesI’ve never paid particular attention to flowers in Jane Austen’s novels, but apparently, someone else has been taking note: Earlier this...
Deborah YaffeSep 23Creepy LizzyThe newest Lizzy Bennet is a peculiar creature. True, her Regency-appropriate curls are lovely, and her dark eyes might pass for fine,...
Deborah YaffeSep 19Love among the stacksIs Jane Austen a romance novelist? Discuss. Or, if you’re not interested in revisiting your test-taking days, you could just travel to...
Deborah YaffeSep 16Marital gift-givingAs a card-carrying Wife, I feel I must call my Husband’s attention to a recent feature in Town & Country magazine, “ 40 of the Best...
Deborah YaffeSep 12Lab workThe Race and Regency Lab, an intriguing new scholarly project that aims to “reimagine our understandings of race” in Jane Austen’s era,...
Deborah YaffeSep 9R.I.P. QuackersLet me say up front that I understand that the death of a beloved pet—like the death of a newborn baby --is no laughing matter. And yet,...
Deborah YaffeSep 5Coming attractionApparently, I am not the only person who never tires of romcoms in which a Jane Austen fan’s romantic life starts to mirror Austen’s...
Deborah YaffeSep 2On this day in 1814. . .Ninety-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen was a patriotic Briton, and during her...
Deborah YaffeAug 29Sounds familiarBy now, we’ve had so many movies in which a youngish, female Jane Austen fan discovers that her modern-day romantic life is somehow mixed...