Deborah YaffeJul 31Jane Austen universe(s)In the world of Jane Austen fanfic--whether on page, stage, or screen--there are, it sometimes seems, no new ideas. Jane Austen with...
Deborah YaffeJul 27Summer funChawton House, the Elizabethan mansion in Hampshire, England, once owned by Jane Austen’s brother Edward Austen Knight, has had a busy...
Deborah YaffeJul 24On this day in 1806. . . Eighty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. I’ve noted before that, as a poet, Jane Austen was a great...
Deborah YaffeJul 20Semi-native daughterJane Austen’s stays in the southern English port of Southampton were short-ish and not especially happy. As a seven-year-old, she...
Deborah YaffeJul 17(Un)happy childhoodsI suppose I should no longer find it bemusing when false, misleading, or completely unsubstantiated information about Jane Austen’s life...
Deborah YaffeJul 13PodlifeThe universe of Jane Austen podcasts is hardly underpopulated. You can choose from titles like AustenTherapy, Bonnets at Dawn, First...
Deborah YaffeJul 10Dear diaryLet me start by pointing out that I do understand the concept of clickbait. Really, I do. But still, I’m left breathless at the moxie of...
Deborah YaffeJul 6P&P down on the farmEarlier this year, the off-Broadway 59E59 Theaters hosted a one-man show about the afterlife of Pride and Prejudice’s villainous Mr....
Deborah YaffeJul 3RepresentRepresentation is a hot topic in literary circles these days, as publishers reckon (late, slowly, and imperfectly) with their long...
