Deborah YaffeMar 30, 2017Jane meets AgathaJust when you thought everyone had forgotten about the final Jane Austen Mystery Fiver – the still-missing British £5 note engraved with...
Deborah YaffeMar 27, 2017Jane Austen, trumpedFor an American, a British spouse confers certain advantages. Your tea will always be expertly brewed. Your friends will find the accent...
Deborah YaffeMar 23, 2017Weaving Austen-fabricRegular blog readers will recall that I find the very concept of “Jane Austen-inspired” smells, flavors, and visuals – as in Austen...
Deborah YaffeMar 20, 2017Austen comic books 2.0Given the ubiquity of comic books based on Jane Austen’s novels, I suppose it’s not surprising that we’ve now moved on to Version 2.0:...
Deborah YaffeMar 16, 2017Austen's eyesWhen the whole world is gobbling down a giant ice cream sundae, it can be hard to come along and insist we all switch to spinach. But...
Deborah YaffeMar 13, 2017On this day in 1817. . . Twenty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen: realist or romantic? Cynic or softie? You’ll...
Deborah YaffeMar 9, 2017On the trail of great writersLogically, there’s no particular reason we dedicated readers should yearn to visit the houses where our favorite writers were born, grew...
Deborah YaffeMar 6, 2017Austen en françaisSay what you will of Isabelle de Montolieu: The woman had chutzpah. In 1816, de Montolieu, a successful Swiss novelist, published her...
Deborah YaffeMar 2, 2017Floor-to-ceiling AustenThe curators of Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton are hard at work freshening the place up for this year’s commemoration of the...