Deborah YaffeDec 29, 2022Dinner timeA common Janeite fantasy goes like this: You meet Jane Austen. Naturally, she finds you interesting and delightful. You get her take on,...
Deborah YaffeDec 26, 2022UnintimidatedJust in case all the usual reasons to admire Ukrainians -- courage, grit, unshakeable commitment to democracy – aren’t enough for you,...
Deborah YaffeDec 22, 2022Father knows bestAlthough Jane Austen’s novels never commanded huge print runs – the biggest, for Emma, totaled only two thousand copies -- Austen first...
Deborah YaffeDec 19, 2022SugarplumsAs Christmas approaches, the internet has been filling our Janeite stockings with tidbits of Austen-related news: --Ahoy, there: Last...
Deborah YaffeDec 15, 2022High-camp Jane AustenAfter a year that brought not one but two same-sex updates of Pride and Prejudice, we probably don’t need further proof that the queering...
Deborah YaffeDec 12, 2022Boy meets pigBy now, we know that the Pride and Prejudice formula—opposites attract, enemies to lovers, snobby-meets-snarky—accommodates many...
Deborah YaffeDec 8, 2022At your serviceWhen you shell out $250 to $450 for a night in a university town’s boutique hotel, what amenities do you expect to get for your money?...
Deborah YaffeDec 5, 2022Treasures of the collectionA year after a priceless nineteenth-century literary collection was rescued from the auction block and donated to public institutions...
Deborah YaffeDec 1, 2022CryptoJane, Part IIJane Austen’s famous remark about the relative value of tangible and intangible assets–“tho’ I like praise as well as anybody, I like...
