Deborah YaffeSep 27, 2020Jane Austen in Bath, virtuallyHad 2020 not been so – well, 2020-ish – throngs of happy Janeites from across the globe would have staggered home earlier this month from...
Deborah YaffeSep 23, 2020YumTwenty-five years ago today, the BBC’s beloved adaptation of Pride and Prejudice began airing on UK TV. By the time the show made its way...
Deborah YaffeSep 20, 2020I scream, you scream. . . We Janeites love our Jane Austen movies. Can’t get enough of ‘em! Want more! And more! Or so you’d conclude from recent news: * Plans for...
Deborah YaffeSep 16, 2020Cock-a-doodle-dooIn vain have I struggled. It will not do. Even though it bears no relation to anything else going on in Jane Austen World, you must allow...
Deborah YaffeSep 13, 2020On this day in 1804. . .Fifty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The letter that the 28-year-old Jane Austen wrote to her...
Deborah YaffeSep 9, 2020Beautiful books, glamorous provenanceWhen valuable editions of Jane Austen’s novels come up for auction, the selling point is usually something about the books themselves:...
Deborah YaffeSep 6, 2020Giving credit where credit is dueThose of us who set ourselves up as arbiters of correctness in matters of Jane Austen quotation never run short of opportunities to...
Deborah YaffeSep 2, 2020Zooming Mr. DarcyDispiriting as the last six months have been, Janeites have encountered some notable silver linings in the gloomy cloud cover. We’ve been...
