Deborah YaffeApr 30, 2020On this day in 1811. . . Fifty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Some years ago, as I was finishing up Among the Janeites, I...
Deborah YaffeApr 27, 2020Janeite SOSIt’s no secret that the closing of pretty much everything in response to the coronavirus pandemic has hit non-profits and arts...
Deborah YaffeApr 23, 2020To the manor bornIt’s no secret that many Jane Austen screen adaptations owe their popularity in part to the appeal of their detailed period costumes and...
Deborah YaffeApr 20, 2020From museum to houseTwo years ago, Chawton House Library – a research center for the study of early English writing by women, located in an Elizabethan...
Deborah YaffeApr 16, 2020Tuning in to P&PLast week’s online premiere of a new musical version of Pride and Prejudice, streamed for free by Streaming Musicals, drew a more than...
Deborah YaffeApr 13, 2020More Austen for the quarantinedJust in case last Friday’s live-on-tape streaming version of a Pride and Prejudice musical hasn’t slaked your thirst for Austen...
Deborah YaffeApr 9, 2020Replenishing the larderAt this point, roughly three weeks into All-American Shelter at Home, you -- the average Janeite -- have probably watched, or re-watched,...
Deborah YaffeApr 6, 2020Sisterhood is powerfulI was not enthusiastic about Sanditon, the ITV/PBS series based on the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death. Although the show,...
Deborah YaffeApr 2, 2020Keeping up with the KambridgesTrendy fashion accessories come and go. One year, it’s thigh-high red boots and black berets; the next it’s purple shoes and tiny...