Jane Austen in the age of Zoom
A year ago, I was looking forward to my upcoming appearance at Jane Austen Day, a biannual event sponsored by the Eastern Pennsylvania...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 22, 2021
Three weeks, three books (or is it four?)
Jane Austen sightings are like buses: Sometimes, you don’t get one for ages, and sometimes, they come in bunches. These last few weeks...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 18, 2021
Staying safe
Four years ago, I blogged about a rather unusual type of Austen-themed merchandise. Who needs fridge magnets or tote bags when you can...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 15, 2021
The Emma Trap
What is the nature of inspiration? How elastic is its definition? How large a distance can stretch between inspiration and inspiree...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 11, 2021
On this day in 1801. . .
Sixty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen communicated nothing particularly remarkable in...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 8, 2021
Among the greats
For college professors, accustomed to lecturing to captive audiences of sometimes disengaged undergraduates, it’s a badge of honor to...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 1, 2021
The perfect happiness of the union
"You have some news to hear, now you are come back, that will rather surprise you." "Have I?" said he quietly, and looking at her; "of...
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