Sanditon reprieve?
The past six months have been no walk on the beach for passionate fans of the TV adaptation of Sanditon, the novel Jane Austen left...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 25, 2020
Online Austen everywhere
A month or two ago, there was no joy in Austenland, as, one by one, treasured Jane Austen events fell victim to coronavirus cancelation....
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 22, 2020
The Jane Austen Guide to Quarantine
For many of us, coronavirus quarantine has proved to be the perfect moment to reread Jane Austen. (Although, really, is there ever a bad...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 18, 2020
Lemonade in Louisville
Among the many long-scheduled events that have fallen victim to our coronavirus moment, the annual Jane Austen Festival in Louisville,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 15, 2020
Chawton cottage on the brink?
Chawton cottage, the house in Hampshire, England, where Jane Austen lived for the last eight years of her life, is the Austen pilgrimage...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 11, 2020
Tuning in to Chawton House
Even in quarantine – especially in quarantine? -- Janeites apparently can’t get enough Jane Austen. Or so we might conclude from the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 8, 2020
Being Bennet(t)
When I read fanfiction that updates Jane Austen’s stories to contemporary settings, I often find myself exasperated by the names....
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 4, 2020
The Austen prescription
Jane Austen’s power to console during times of trauma is an established trope by now: cue mention of how British authorities prescribed...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 1, 2020
Jane Austen's new look
These days, the internet is awash in posts purporting to explain why social distancing in the Time of Coronavirus is amusingly or...
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