Deborah YaffeMar 29, 2018A pen dipped in vitriolNew this week: The latest entry in the annals of Jane Austen Bizarro World (or, to be honest, Jane Austen-Adjacent Bizarro World). Three...
Deborah YaffeMar 26, 2018Unveiling the Jane Austen quiltsThe delightful Jane Austen Quilt project culminated earlier this month with the unveiling at Jane Austen’s House Museum of two beautiful...
Deborah YaffeMar 22, 2018No JAFF for this famous JaneiteFor generations of teenagers, including me, reading the young-adult novels of S.E. Hinton – classics like The Outsiders and That Was...
Deborah YaffeMar 19, 2018Write like Jane AustenJane Austen, writing instructor. Intimidated much? I wouid be. Although Austen gave kind and useful novel-writing advice to her...
Deborah YaffeMar 15, 2018The Watsons on stageThe Watsons -- the novel Jane Austen began, probably in 1804, but never finished -- is a fascinating fragment. It’s bleak and wintry,...
Deborah YaffeMar 12, 2018Off the leash againThe definitive screen adaptation of Mansfield Park has yet to be made. We’re still waiting for the first full-length movie of Sanditon,...
Deborah YaffeMar 8, 2018On this day in 1814. . .Thirty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen had spent her day...
Deborah YaffeMar 5, 2018Women writers, popping upIn your average general-interest bookshop, a majority of the titles have probably been authored by men. No surprise there – historically,...
Deborah YaffeMar 1, 2018Washing upDo Jane Austen’s characters keep bars of soap handy for washing? This is one of the many details of Regency life that Austen does not...