Deborah YaffeSep 30, 2019Keeping up with the JaneitesI don’t speak Kardashian. I have trouble distinguishing among the K-named females of the clan, disentangling the one who married Kanye...
Deborah YaffeSep 26, 2019Janeite on the Potomac, Part IIBipartisanship is sadly rare in Washington these days, so it’s refreshing to find one instance of agreement across the aisle, even in...
Deborah YaffeSep 23, 2019A Jane Austen Christmas mysterySee that headline? The one right above this blog post? I’m kind of proud of it. Doesn’t it totally sound like it could be the title of a...
Deborah YaffeSep 19, 2019By the seasideA few weeks ago, as ITV began airing a much-hyped miniseries based on Sanditon, the seaside novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her...
Deborah YaffeSep 16, 2019Pictures at an exhibitionIs Michelle Obama a Janeite? As far as I’m aware, no documentation exists to settle the question either way. But circumstantial evidence...
Deborah YaffeSep 12, 2019Among the Janeites, via First ImpressionsWriting is a solitary job, so it’s always satisfying to discover that someone out there has read – even liked! – your words. So imagine...
Deborah YaffeSep 9, 2019On this day in 1814. . . Forty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen’s letters, with their unpolished emphasis on...
Deborah YaffeSep 5, 2019Hunting for Easter eggsTwo episodes of the much-hyped TV adaptation of Sanditon, the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death, have aired in Britain over...
Deborah YaffeSep 2, 2019A Janeite in STEMAll the talk these days about the decline of the humanities can be pretty depressing for us English-major types, who persist in believing...