April - 2020

The Line of Thought

. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.

--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

On 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 Yaffe

Apr 30, 2020

It’s no secret that the closing of pretty much everything in response to the coronavirus pandemic has hit non-profits and arts...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 27, 2020

It’s no secret that many Jane Austen screen adaptations owe their popularity in part to the appeal of their detailed period costumes and...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 23, 2020

Two years ago, Chawton House Library – a research center for the study of early English writing by women, located in an Elizabethan...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 20, 2020

Last week’s online premiere of a new musical version of Pride and Prejudice, streamed for free by Streaming Musicals, drew a more than...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 16, 2020

Just in case last Friday’s live-on-tape streaming version of a Pride and Prejudice musical hasn’t slaked your thirst for Austen...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 13, 2020

At this point, roughly three weeks into All-American Shelter at Home, you -- the average Janeite -- have probably watched, or re-watched,...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 9, 2020

I was not enthusiastic about Sanditon, the ITV/PBS series based on the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death. Although the show,...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 6, 2020

Trendy fashion accessories come and go. One year, it’s thigh-high red boots and black berets; the next it’s purple shoes and tiny...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 2, 2020