Deborah YaffeMar 29, 2020TrippingPlans are apparently progressing for Trip, a gay-themed Pride and Prejudice update set on the New York gay mecca of Fire Island and...
Deborah YaffeMar 25, 2020Jane in the time of coronavirusFor Austen fans everywhere, it’s a burning question: WWJD (What Would Jane Do) in the time of coronavirus quarantine? Luckily, we now...
Deborah YaffeMar 22, 2020RestraintI like to think that I do not “rant” about Jane Austen-related error. I merely point it out, in a snarky yet restrained way. At times, it...
Deborah YaffeMar 18, 2020Silver liningsThere’s an upside to everything, apparently – even a global pandemic that threatens to sicken and perhaps kill millions while tanking the...
Deborah YaffeMar 15, 2020FeverishNo one in Jane Austen’s novels becomes infected with a coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean she has nothing to say on the subject that now...
Deborah YaffeMar 11, 2020Immortal, belovedTwenty-five years ago this summer, we Janeites flocked to movie theaters to see a brand-new modernization of Emma, set among affluent...
Deborah YaffeMar 8, 2020On this day in 1814. . .Fifty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. It’s no secret that Jane Austen’s relatives, while immensely...
Deborah YaffeMar 5, 2020Book nerds uniteI was a teenage book nerd. Also a pre-teen one. And an adult one. Basically, I’ve had my nose in a book (or, more recently, my eyes on a...
Deborah YaffeMar 2, 2020Emma againActor/playwright Kate Hamill has cornered the market on energetic, quirky theatrical adaptations of classic literature – Vanity Fair,...
