Deborah YaffeJan 31, 2022Jane all aroundJane Austen turns up in the most unexpected places, doesn’t she? Here’s where she’s been in the past week: --Jane Austen and true crime:...
Deborah YaffeJan 27, 2022SandiCon no moreThey could not be defeated by a host of implacable foes: mediocre reviews, low viewership numbers, bottom-line-driven corporate...
Deborah YaffeJan 24, 2022Pride and penitentiaryThe white supremacist sympathizer assigned to read Pride and Prejudice will now have enough time to get through all six of Jane Austen’s...
Deborah YaffeJan 20, 2022A wet shirt and a centennialThe venerable British Broadcasting Corporation turns 100 this year, a century after the launch of its first daily radio service. To mark...
Deborah YaffeJan 17, 2022VowsIt’s a hopeless task -- the effort to convince casual fans that Jane Austen isn’t really the patron saint of weddings. No matter how...
Deborah YaffeJan 13, 2022With friends like these. . .For the most part, I love my fellow Janeites. By and large, we are a smart, thoughtful bunch who, whatever our political, temperamental,...
Deborah YaffeJan 10, 2022Pop quizBack in my school days, we eager young grade-grubbers used to trade advice on which teachers marked harshly and which were more...
Deborah YaffeJan 6, 2022Getting warmerWhen it comes to climate change, is Jane Austen part of the problem? In a grossly oversimplified nutshell, that’s the question that will...
Deborah YaffeJan 3, 2022On this day in 1801. . . Seventy-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Moving out of one house and into another is a stressful,...
