Deborah YaffeJan 30, 2017Ready for our closeupAn intriguing tidbit popped up recently on my Jane Austen Google alert: Alejandra Carles-Tolra, a young Spanish photographer based in...
Deborah YaffeJan 26, 2017Rabbie and JaneYesterday marked the 258th birthday of a giant of British literature. (No, not her! Her birthday was 242 years ago, and in December!) I...
Deborah YaffeJan 23, 2017Bronzing AustenNobody knows what Jane Austen looked like. Nobody will ever know what Jane Austen looked like. So, naturally, we’ll soon have a new image...
Deborah YaffeJan 19, 2017Austen by earBy now, we Janeites are experts at the fine art of comparing and contrasting the various screen adaptations of Austen’s novels. Favorite...
Deborah YaffeJan 16, 2017Light a candle for JaneThe latest Austenian clickbait on the young women’s website Bustle provides further evidence, were any needed, that Jane Austen is a...
Deborah YaffeJan 12, 2017Jane Austen, citizen of the world (Part II)These days, the quintessentially English Jane Austen is, as I recently found occasion to note, a citizen of the world. And she seems to...
Deborah YaffeJan 9, 2017On this day in 1796. . .Nineteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. If Cassandra Austen had known how much speculation would be...
Deborah YaffeJan 5, 2017Two down. . .For the past month, I have attempted to cultivate an air of studied indifference to the story of the Priceless Fivers – the four British...
Deborah YaffeJan 2, 2017A whirlwind new year for JaneitesHappy new year, Janeites! For us fans of Jane Austen, 2017 is a big year, the biggest since – well, since 2013, when we celebrated the...