Deborah YaffeJan 28, 2021Coming attractions?Surely the universe owes us a better year than the last. And for Janeites who enjoy screen adaptations of their favorite author, the...
Deborah YaffeJan 25, 2021A Janeite goes homeA man whose love for Jane Austen helped sustain him during a brutal ten-month battle with COVID and its aftermath finally returned to his...
Deborah YaffeJan 21, 2021Game overAbout eight years ago, a software engineer named Judy L. Tyrer raised more than $100,000 on Kickstarter to develop a Jane Austen-themed...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2021PuzzledI love jigsaw puzzles. So much so that I only occasionally dare to start one, lest my addiction/obsession eat up every waking hour until...
Deborah YaffeJan 14, 2021On this day in 1796. . .Sixtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The record of Jane Austen’s thoughts, feelings, and opinions is...
Deborah YaffeJan 11, 2021A song in our heartsIt’s cold outside, and the pandemic still rages. You may not feel like singing a happy tune. But if you’re a Janeite, someone else is...
Deborah YaffeJan 7, 2021Recovering a literary Holy GrailIt’s been more than three years since a trio of passionate Janeites formed the Godmersham Lost Sheep Society (GLOSS), an organization...
Deborah YaffeJan 4, 2021On the road with Jane AustenIn her too-short life, Jane Austen traveled very little, barely venturing beyond a few counties in southern and midlands England and...
