Deborah YaffeApr 28, 2022Under the floorboardsWhen I was a little girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse. I liked setting up tiny roomscapes filled with detailed, perfectly manageable...
Deborah YaffeApr 25, 2022Adding to the listSince March 1, we’ve swooned (tastefully) over Sanditon, chuckled at (or ignored) The Courtship, held our breath for Bridgerton’s ve-e-ry...
Deborah YaffeApr 21, 2022On this day in 1805. . .Seventy-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Leigh-Perrot, who was married to the older brother of...
Deborah YaffeApr 18, 2022Jane Austen, elixir of youth?Last year, an Australian octogenarian named Ruth Wilson made headlines when she completed a doctoral degree on Jane Austen and the...
Deborah YaffeApr 14, 2022One of UsFor a long time, we have known that at least one* Janeite lives barely a heartbeat away from the British throne: Seven years ago,...
Deborah YaffeApr 11, 2022Revising the syllabusIs Jane Austen an essential author? Must all English majors – all readers, even! – get to know her work before they can count themselves...
Deborah YaffeApr 7, 2022A new Austen lineLast year, as blog readers will recall, a New York fashion designer named Jennyvi Dizon celebrated her newly minted membership in the...
Deborah YaffeApr 4, 2022What lies beneathIn popular culture, Jane Austen is the avatar of buttoned-up romance – love stories featuring heroines concealed under long skirts and...
