Deborah YaffeNov 30, 2017Provender, Austen, and the tsarPity the poor aristocrat. Your stately home is decaying, your heating bill is through the (leaky) roof, and you lack the millions...
Deborah YaffeNov 27, 2017Wanted: LettuceThe rabbit guy, it turns out, loved Jane Austen. Last week, the Guardian reported that the large and valuable library of the late Richard...
Deborah YaffeNov 23, 2017Pie and prejudiceThanksgiving Day is upon us once again, and once again it’s time to search the works of Jane Austen – who, as an Englishwoman who never...
Deborah YaffeNov 20, 2017On this day in 1814. . .Twenty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Only six of Jane Austen’s letters to her oldest niece,...
Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2017Austen in AustenistanAs I’ve noted before, the Indian subcontinent has a curious affinity for the works of Jane Austen. (The Economist's current online issue...
Deborah YaffeNov 13, 2017Cataloging the gardenOver the nearly five years I’ve been blogging about Jane Austen, Jane Austen’s House Museum -- aka Chawton cottage, the beloved...
Deborah YaffeNov 9, 2017Book talk in ManalapanAs this Jane Austen bicentenary year nears its close, I’m happy to report that I’ll get to play a small part in the local commemoration:...
Deborah YaffeNov 6, 2017Surveying the landscapeNearly ten years ago, Jeanne Kiefer, an Austen fan with a background in journalism and corporate surveys, conducted what is, as far as I...
Deborah YaffeNov 2, 2017Another stop on the Jane TourKeeping track of the many Jane Austen celebrations, conferences, festivals, and exhibits taking place around the world – especially...