June - 2021

The Line of Thought

. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.

--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

On location

We adaptation-loving Janeites have grown used to disappointment. Remember the feature film of Sanditon, starring Charlotte Rampling as...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 28, 2021

In the past three years, Sanditon, the TV series based on Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel, has roller-coastered through a dizzying...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 24, 2021

“Seven years I suppose are enough to change every pore of one’s skin, & every feeling of one’s mind,” Jane Austen wrote to her sister,...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 21, 2021

It’s a funny time right now for us theater-loving Janeites: Some of our favorite things are still virtual, others are on their way back...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 17, 2021

Sixty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. No author – not even Jane Austen -- is immune to the charm...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 14, 2021

Five years ago, in a blog post headlined “Party like it’s 1995,” I heralded a forthcoming spate of filmed Jane Austen adaptations – a...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 10, 2021

So I spent Memorial Day weekend visiting family in Denver. One afternoon, as we drove along the street, I glanced out the window just in...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 7, 2021

If you’re a bit stir-crazy after fifteen months’ home confinement, the Four Seasons luxury hotel chain has a suggestion for you: drive...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 3, 2021