Deborah YaffeAug 30, 2021Quill and paperIn Sense and Sensibility, as Janeites will recall, Elinor Dashwood and her rival, Lucy Steele, spend a tense evening sparring genteelly...
Deborah YaffeAug 26, 2021Un-bingeingUnlike so many novelists of the Victorian period, Jane Austen didn’t publish her books in serial form. The first readers of, say, David...
Deborah YaffeAug 23, 2021On this day in 1814. . . Sixty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. We’ve all got those relatives – the ones we know about but...
Deborah YaffeAug 19, 2021Raising Jane(ites)Long ago, I danced at a JASNA ball with a twelve-year-old girl who, when I asked if she was a Janeite, told me that she had “been raised...
Deborah YaffeAug 16, 2021Silt and sensibilityAs we Pride and Prejudice readers know, Mr. Darcy’s responsible stewardship of his beautiful grounds at Pemberley is an important factor...
Deborah YaffeAug 12, 2021Deck the hallsIt was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...
Deborah YaffeAug 9, 2021Project Austen RunwayA New York bridal-gown designer wants to give away made-to-order, Jane Austen-inspired couture dresses. No one’s interested, I assume. As...
Deborah YaffeAug 5, 2021HousekeepingJane Austen apparently liked to eat – “You know how interesting the purchase of a sponge-cake is to me,” she wrote to her sister in June...
Deborah YaffeAug 2, 2021Another side of AustenJane Austen’s silhouette – or, at least, a silhouette that has come to be identified with her – is ubiquitous. Despite its uncertain...
