Deborah YaffeJan 29, 2018On this day in 1813. . .Thirtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen was brimming over with the joy...
Deborah YaffeJan 25, 2018Jane Austen, romance novels, and a chihuahuaJane Austen’s relationship to the romance novel is a vexed topic. For every article calling her the founding mother of the genre (or...
Deborah YaffeJan 22, 2018Onion Story Pleases Discerning Janeite ReaderLike all Internet-connected Janeites, I had a good giggle last week about the Onion story headlined, “Man Wishes Women In Crowded Bar...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2018Minting money from the Austen tennerThe Jane Austen £10 note has been circulating for only four months, but already its most collectible iterations are fetching inflated...
Deborah YaffeJan 15, 2018Here we go again. . .Last month, the Washington Post drew well-earned Janeite derision when it published an article exploring the astonishing news that Jane...
Deborah YaffeJan 11, 2018Mr. Darcy, eating out of your handSome years ago, I attended a picnic sponsored by my local branch of the Jane Austen Society of North America, to which a fellow JASNA...
Deborah YaffeJan 8, 2018Patching together Austen's lifeAmong the commemorations planned during last year’s bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, one of the most delightful was the Chawton quilt...
Deborah YaffeJan 4, 2018Austen quizzingJane Austen is no stranger to the quiz-show world, on either side of the pond: As blog readers will recall, just four years ago, she got...
Deborah YaffeJan 1, 2018Worldwide Jane in 2018Once upon a time, Jane Austen was a British writer. But today, she’s an international phenomenon, with fan societies on at least five...