Deborah YaffeFeb 4, 2021Hear thisIf you want a dulcet-toned Brit to read aloud to you from the works of Jane Austen, your options are many. The audiobook giant Audible...
Deborah YaffeJan 28, 2021Coming attractions?Surely the universe owes us a better year than the last. And for Janeites who enjoy screen adaptations of their favorite author, the...
Deborah YaffeDec 31, 2020Goodbye at last, 2020A year ago, I confidently predicted a 2020 filled with the usual array of Austen events: “Teas, balls, fairs, festivals, conferences,...
Deborah YaffeDec 24, 2020New Year's presentOn March 2, I reported the happy news that a theatrical adaptation of Emma – written by Kate Hamill, the actor/playwright whose madcap...
Deborah YaffeDec 21, 2020No rom, no comThe opening credits of Modern Persuasion, which began streaming Friday on a small screen near you, scroll through a litany of actors,...
Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2020Kaleidescopic AustenOver at the CW, someone has had a startlingly original idea: How about – get this! – modern-day updates of Jane Austen’s novels? OMG!...
Deborah YaffeNov 9, 2020Hold the hot chocolateI’m afraid I have some very bad news. The pandemic has taken so much from us, and now it seems to have taken something more. Long ago, in...
Deborah YaffeOct 19, 2020Taking PrideThe past eighteen months have brought us a couple of made-for-the-small-screen Jane Austen spinoffs: the Lifetime movie Pride and...
Deborah YaffeOct 12, 2020Even sandierSanditon, the much-hyped TV adaptation of the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death, is probably not getting a second season,...
Deborah YaffeOct 5, 2020Deck the hallsAfter the year we’ve had, we’re all going to deserve a holiday-season treat. And it looks like the Janeites among us will be getting one....
Deborah YaffeSep 24, 2020YumTwenty-five years ago today, the BBC’s beloved adaptation of Pride and Prejudice began airing on UK TV. By the time the show made its way...
Deborah YaffeSep 21, 2020I scream, you scream. . . We Janeites love our Jane Austen movies. Can’t get enough of ‘em! Want more! And more! Or so you’d conclude from recent news: * Plans for...