Deborah YaffeAug 31, 2023Calling all bookish cosplayersQuick! Waste no time! You have until today at noon (US Eastern) to enter the lottery for free tickets to the Library of Congress’...
Deborah YaffeAug 28, 2023Austen the agreeableAsk Janeites about their favorite author’s political and social views, and you’ll often hear arguments that boil down to this: Jane...
Deborah YaffeAug 24, 2023Sourcing and citationEarlier this month, a man from the Maryland suburbs sent a letter to the Washington Post. “When I was reading Colbert I. King’s July 29...
Deborah YaffeAug 21, 2023Coveted raritiesAs regular blog readers know, I have a not-so-secret hankering for Jane Austen first editions, along with nothing like enough money to...
Deborah YaffeAug 17, 2023Testing, testingIn spring 2022, the right-wing British press ginned up a storm of outrage over the claim that a Scottish university had dropped Jane...
Deborah YaffeAug 14, 2023WallpaperingMy husband, an aspiring rock god, owns a T-shirt reading, “How many guitars do I really need? Just one more.” Many Janeites harbor...
Deborah YaffeAug 10, 2023Janeite madeleineFor Jane Austen fans, few pieces of music are as instantly recognizable as the Mozart-esque piano concerto that accompanies the credit...
Deborah YaffeAug 7, 2023P&P BarbieThe summer’s biggest movie, Greta Gerwig’s delightful and touching Barbie, knows women well—really, really well. The proof? Mr. Darcy...
Deborah YaffeAug 3, 2023ComplicationsIs Jane Austen: a) the patron saint of romantic love? or b) the avatar of hard-headed, pragmatic--even borderline-mercenary--marital...