Under the floorboards
When I was a little girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse. I liked setting up tiny roomscapes filled with detailed, perfectly manageable...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 25, 2022
Adding to the list
Since March 1, we’ve swooned (tastefully) over Sanditon, chuckled at (or ignored) The Courtship, held our breath for Bridgerton’s ve-e-ry...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 21, 2022
On 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 Yaffe
- Apr 18, 2022
Jane 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 Yaffe
- Apr 11, 2022
Revising the syllabus
Is Jane Austen an essential author? Must all English majors – all readers, even! – get to know her work before they can count themselves...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 7, 2022
A new Austen line
Last year, as blog readers will recall, a New York fashion designer named Jennyvi Dizon celebrated her newly minted membership in the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 4, 2022
What lies beneath
In popular culture, Jane Austen is the avatar of buttoned-up romance – love stories featuring heroines concealed under long skirts and...
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