Deborah YaffeOct 28, 2020Down Under AustenFor Janeites, the highlight of this month’s online social calendar was the Jane Austen Society of North America’s first-ever virtual...
Deborah YaffeOct 25, 2020Chawton cottage panoramaPandemic life has made clear, at least to me, that online interactions are no substitute for the in-real-life kind. Still, it’s...
Deborah YaffeOct 21, 2020Pandemic projectBack in March, a trio of young British academics decided to counteract the loneliness and isolation of lockdown by producing a series of...
Deborah YaffeOct 18, 2020Taking PrideThe past eighteen months have brought us a couple of made-for-the-small-screen Jane Austen spinoffs: the Lifetime movie Pride and...
Deborah YaffeOct 14, 2020On this day in 1813. . .Fifty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. “Only think of Mrs Holder’s being dead!” Jane Austen wrote...
Deborah YaffeOct 11, 2020Even sandierSanditon, the much-hyped TV adaptation of the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death, is probably not getting a second season,...
Deborah YaffeOct 7, 2020Window shoppingEven before the coronavirus curtailed recreational travel, the Internet-assisted ogling of Jane Austen-adjacent real estate was one of...
Deborah YaffeOct 4, 2020Deck the hallsAfter the year we’ve had, we’re all going to deserve a holiday-season treat. And it looks like the Janeites among us will be getting one....
Deborah YaffeSep 30, 2020Breaking news!Mark your calendars, Janeites! The day we’ve barely dared to imagine in our most fervid fantasies is nearly here! On October 28, we’ll...
