Deborah YaffeJun 13Recommended readingTo Janeites – indeed, to anyone who’s read semi-widely and who isn’t V.S. Naipaul – it’s obvious that women are capable of writing great...
Deborah YaffeApr 28Under the floorboardsWhen I was a little girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse. I liked setting up tiny roomscapes filled with detailed, perfectly manageable...
Deborah YaffeApr 11Revising the syllabusIs Jane Austen an essential author? Must all English majors – all readers, even! – get to know her work before they can count themselves...
Deborah YaffeJan 24Pride and penitentiaryThe white supremacist sympathizer assigned to read Pride and Prejudice will now have enough time to get through all six of Jane Austen’s...
Deborah YaffeJan 10Pop quizBack in my school days, we eager young grade-grubbers used to trade advice on which teachers marked harshly and which were more...
Deborah YaffeDec 30, 2021Saved!Genuinely good news – a commodity that’s been in short supply this past year – came our way earlier this month, with the announcement...
Deborah YaffeDec 9, 2021Crunch timeKids! Always leaving their homework to the last minute! Last summer, as blog readers will recall, a British judge sentenced a young man...
Deborah YaffeSep 6, 2021Required readingLast week, a British judge imposed an unusual sentence on a young man convicted of possessing terrorism-related materials. "Have you read...
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 7, 2021Recovering a literary Holy GrailIt’s been more than three years since a trio of passionate Janeites formed the Godmersham Lost Sheep Society (GLOSS), an organization...
Deborah YaffeNov 19, 2020Mother of controversySome years ago – six? Ten? – I stumbled across a mention of an intriguing campaign to raise money for a statue of Mary Wollstonecraft, to...
Deborah YaffeApr 9, 2020Replenishing the larderAt this point, roughly three weeks into All-American Shelter at Home, you -- the average Janeite -- have probably watched, or re-watched,...