Deborah YaffeJun 28, 2020Sanditon 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...
Deborah YaffeJun 24, 2020Online Austen everywhereA month or two ago, there was no joy in Austenland, as, one by one, treasured Jane Austen events fell victim to coronavirus cancelation....
Deborah YaffeJun 21, 2020The Jane Austen Guide to QuarantineFor many of us, coronavirus quarantine has proved to be the perfect moment to reread Jane Austen. (Although, really, is there ever a bad...
Deborah YaffeJun 17, 2020Lemonade in LouisvilleAmong the many long-scheduled events that have fallen victim to our coronavirus moment, the annual Jane Austen Festival in Louisville,...
Deborah YaffeJun 14, 2020Chawton 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 YaffeJun 10, 2020Tuning in to Chawton HouseEven in quarantine – especially in quarantine? -- Janeites apparently can’t get enough Jane Austen. Or so we might conclude from the...
Deborah YaffeJun 7, 2020Being Bennet(t)When I read fanfiction that updates Jane Austen’s stories to contemporary settings, I often find myself exasperated by the names....
Deborah YaffeJun 3, 2020The Austen prescriptionJane Austen’s power to console during times of trauma is an established trope by now: cue mention of how British authorities prescribed...
Deborah YaffeMay 31, 2020Jane Austen's new lookThese days, the internet is awash in posts purporting to explain why social distancing in the Time of Coronavirus is amusingly or...
