Deborah YaffeApr 29, 2019Atlanta, here we come!For those of us who are impatient to see the latest Jane Austen-inspired TV movie – i.e., for Janeites whose boundless optimism remains...
Deborah YaffeApr 25, 2019Jane the dragonTanya Gold hates Jane Austen. She told us so earlier this week, in a piece published on the media platform UnHerd, whose goal is “to...
Deborah YaffeApr 22, 2019Back in Winchester. . .The cathedral city of Winchester, England, seems to have a love-hate relationship with Jane Austen. Or so we might assume from the odd...
Deborah YaffeApr 18, 2019Julian Assange, Janeite?Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is a controversial man. Depending on your point of view, he’s either a valiant freedom fighter...
Deborah YaffeApr 15, 2019Speedy deliveryAs regular blog readers know, I have found it difficult to say anything positive about the recent spate of Jane Austen-inspired TV...
Deborah YaffeApr 11, 2019On this day in 1805. . .Forty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. "It is a period, indeed!” Captain Wentworth exclaims to Anne...
Deborah YaffeApr 8, 2019Jane Austen's first criticFor Janeites, it’s salt rubbed in a wound: the news that scholars will soon be able to inspect a fascinating trove of letters from an...
Deborah YaffeApr 4, 2019Statues, statues everywhereRemember back in elementary school, when one kid would get an awesome new toy or a cool pair of shoes, and then everybody had to have...
Deborah YaffeApr 1, 2019CliffsNotes for kiddiesI am all in favor of introducing young people to great literature, even great literature they are probably too young to fully appreciate....