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Journalist and author
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
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Mad about the Regency
The third season of Bridgerton, Netflix’s smash-hit Regency romance series, launches today. To mark the occasion, a professor at...
Deborah Yaffe
May 16, 2024
Snooze
Earlier this year, I had the occasion (read: an excuse) to rewatch several of the feature-film adaptations of Emma. I reconfirmed the...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 22, 2024
Pemberley-at-sea
Although Jane Austen never set sail, her ties to seafaring, forged through the experiences of her two sailor brothers, were close and...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 8, 2024
Lady Susan on tour
With their witty dialogue and streamlined storytelling, Jane Austen’s novels have many of the qualities of the best plays. No wonder they...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 28, 2024
Welcome, Janeites!
Apparently, not everyone in the UK opposes turning their little corner of Britain into Janeite Disneyland. Earlier this month, as...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 18, 2024
Sold!
Somewhere out there, a Jane Austen fan—perhaps someone you know! Perhaps you yourself!—is clearing space in her trophy cabinet for a...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 11, 2024
Stocking stuffer
What do you get for the Janeite who has everything? You’d think it would be easy to buy for people whose fandom has spawned an ocean of...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 29, 2024
Playing it safe
Early in the Hallmark Channel’s new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, the recently bereaved Dashwood women stand on the front steps of...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 26, 2024
This is your brain on Jane Austen
In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration requires that medications carrying a substantial risk of dangerous side effects...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 19, 2024
Taking liberties
In 2021, London theatergoers got a Pride and Prejudice with interpolated pop songs and an all-female cast. In 2022, they got a...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 15, 2024
Not loving it
A lot of Austen fans refer to our beloved author as “Jane.” I do not. Partly, that’s because I don’t want to participate in a somewhat...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 12, 2024
Something very shocking
In late 2022, I attended the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting, held that year in Victoria, British Columbia....
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 5, 2024
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