Adaptations 20/25

The Line of Thought

. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.

--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Brokeback Pemberley

In my experience, non-Janeites are blissfully unaware of the vast universe of Austen fanfic in all its magnificent, explicit, pansexual...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 7, 2017

Longbourn for sale

No one reads Pride and Prejudice and dreams of living at Longbourn. The Bennet family estate, much as Mr. Collins may praise it, is so...

Deborah Yaffe

May 24, 2017

Jane Austen meets Texas debs

The year advances apace, and yet there still doesn’t seem to be a release date for the supposed-to-come-out-in-2017 film adaptation of...

Deborah Yaffe

May 3, 2017

Austen in toe shoes

Every time you think Jane Austen’s stories have been translated into every conceivable medium – not just the ubiquitous movies, but comic...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 9, 2017

Austen comic books 2.0

Given the ubiquity of comic books based on Jane Austen’s novels, I suppose it’s not surprising that we’ve now moved on to Version 2.0:...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 19, 2017

Dweeby Darcy

Edward IV, who reigned as king of England for most of the period from 1461-1483, was described by contemporaries as an unusually handsome...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 13, 2017

Austen by ear

By now, we Janeites are experts at the fine art of comparing and contrasting the various screen adaptations of Austen’s novels. Favorite...

Deborah Yaffe

Jan 19, 2017

Big eyes, bigger emotions

By now, it’s hardly news that Jane Austen’s stories have inspired adaptations in every conceivable genre and medium: zombie mashup, radio...

Deborah Yaffe

Dec 26, 2016

Janeite demigod turns 80

Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who turned 80 this past Tuesday, is a Janeite demigod, the man who brought us not only the beloved 1995...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 21, 2016

Austen fights again

Six summers ago, a faux trailer for a non-existent film titled Jane Austen’s Fight Club went viral, with its hilarious juxtaposition of...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 4, 2016

Austen in bedlam

A few months ago, I was lucky enough to see a very enjoyable and ingenious stage production of Sense and Sensibility, performed in New...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 5, 2016

Who you callin' unpublished?

So I’ve finally seen Whit Stillman’s Love and Friendship, the much-heralded film adaptation of Lady Susan. (I enjoyed it, if perhaps not...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 1, 2016