Deborah YaffeDec 30, 2013Jane Austen's 2013For someone who’s been dead since 1817, Jane Austen had a pretty good year in 2013. She was honored with a set of UK stamps, and her...
Deborah YaffeDec 23, 2013Christmas AnglophiliaI don’t think I’m really an Anglophile – although it’s true that, if money were no object, I would certainly retire to a charming...
Deborah YaffeDec 19, 2013Jane Austen movies: not the same as Jane Austen booksLook, it’s fine with me if your knowledge of Jane Austen is based on the movies, not the books. No problem. I love (many of) the movies...
Deborah YaffeOct 10, 2013Approving of Emma Approved"Emma Approved," the new web series from the creators of "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries," launched this past Monday, airing the first of what...
Deborah YaffeSep 9, 2013Austenland: Just plain badShannon Hale’s Austenland is not a great work of literature: it’s a mildly entertaining beach read with a cute romantic denouement. The...
Deborah YaffeSep 5, 2013Waiting for AustenlandAustenland, the new movie based on Shannon Hale's novel about a Colin Firth-obsessed woman vacationing at a Regency theme park, won't...
Deborah YaffeAug 29, 2013Sharpening my swordThe Dallas Morning News' film critic, Chris Vognar, talked with me for a column he's just published on Austen fervor and the new movie of...
Deborah YaffeAug 15, 2013Sanditon Summer: Welcome to SanditonThe Lizzie Bennet Diaries was always going to be a hard act to follow. Cleverly written and well-acted, LBD retold the story of Pride...
Deborah YaffeMay 30, 2013Back to PemberleyI suppose it was inevitable that Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James’ 2011 murder-mystery-cum-Pride-and-Prejudice-sequel, was headed for...
Deborah YaffeMay 16, 2013Welcome, SanditonWelcome to Sanditon, the new web series from the creators of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, premiered its first video Monday (with another...
Deborah YaffeMay 9, 2013Can't anyone kill this beast?Janeite news of the week is the apparent resurrection – cue undead jokes here – of the filmed version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,...
Deborah YaffeMar 25, 2013The gratifications of delayed gratificationThe wild success of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the web series updating Pride and Prejudice to contemporary California, has gotten me...