Deborah YaffeJul 12, 2021The dating gameSome weeks, it’s not clear what tidbit of gossip or news deserves mention as the biggest story in Jane Austen fandom. Other weeks, a...
Deborah YaffeJun 28, 2021On locationWe adaptation-loving Janeites have grown used to disappointment. Remember the feature film of Sanditon, starring Charlotte Rampling as...
Deborah YaffeJun 24, 2021Sanditon, the conventionIn the past three years, Sanditon, the TV series based on Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel, has roller-coastered through a dizzying...
Deborah YaffeJun 21, 2021As if, again“Seven years I suppose are enough to change every pore of one’s skin, & every feeling of one’s mind,” Jane Austen wrote to her sister,...
Deborah YaffeJun 17, 2021In the green roomIt’s a funny time right now for us theater-loving Janeites: Some of our favorite things are still virtual, others are on their way back...
Deborah YaffeJun 10, 2021Party like. . . Five years ago, in a blog post headlined “Party like it’s 1995,” I heralded a forthcoming spate of filmed Jane Austen adaptations – a...
Deborah YaffeMay 24, 2021Reboot, bootedBack in late 2019, when corona was just a neighborhood in Queens, the news broke that Hollywood was considering a television reboot of...
Deborah YaffeMay 20, 2021Clueless no moreLast month, we Janeites felt a tad confused -- dare I say clueless? -- when Netflix and MRC Entertainment announced plans to produce a...
Deborah YaffeMay 10, 2021Be careful what you wish forThe #Sisterhood, it seemed, had won. For more than a year, the online fandom known as the #SanditonSisterhood has lobbied tirelessly for...