Deborah YaffeJun 29, 2017Celebrity opinionsA little over two centuries ago, Jane Austen famously recorded her acquaintances’ opinions, pro and con, of Emma and Mansfield Park. So...
Deborah YaffeJun 26, 2017Coins and benchesLast fall, you’ll recall, the English town of Basingstoke, located not far from Jane Austen’s final home at Chawton, decided to...
Deborah YaffeJun 22, 2017Scarlets feverThe past year has brought us a bumper crop of stories about real estate with more or less legit Austen connections. (Mostly less.) Last...
Deborah YaffeJun 19, 2017Darcy in D.C.“The new Darcy Hotel. . . is named for that taciturn hero of Jane Austen’s,” the Washington Times wrote earlier this month, at the outset...
Deborah YaffeJun 15, 2017On this day in 1808. . .Twenty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The letter Jane Austen began writing to her sister,...
Deborah YaffeJun 12, 2017A goodbyeMy father, James Yaffe, was the man who first introduced me to Jane Austen, buying the ten-year-old me a copy of Pride and Prejudice to...
Deborah YaffeJun 8, 2017Brokeback PemberleyIn my experience, non-Janeites are blissfully unaware of the vast universe of Austen fanfic in all its magnificent, explicit, pansexual...
Deborah YaffeJun 5, 2017Déjà vu all over againI love the British press. When it comes to Jane Austen, they can manufacture a story out of the thinnest gossamer. Even recycled...
Deborah YaffeJun 1, 2017A rose is a roseI love the idea of gardening – fresh air! Closeness to nature! The magic of growth and change! I love the results of gardening --...