The unwritten manuscript
The untimely death last year of the acclaimed historical novelist Hilary Mantel was immediately recognized as a tragic loss for the world...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 19, 2021
Mr. Wickham, live
The BBC’s iconic 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is known among Janeites by various shorthands: * There’s “the wet-shirt P&P,” for...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 15, 2021
The Emma Trap
What is the nature of inspiration? How elastic is its definition? How large a distance can stretch between inspiration and inspiree...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 28, 2021
Coming 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 Yaffe
- Oct 19, 2020
Taking Pride
The past eighteen months have brought us a couple of made-for-the-small-screen Jane Austen spinoffs: the Lifetime movie Pride and...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 10, 2020
Festival weekend
Just a reminder that this weekend will be an exciting one for Janeites: the online version of the popular Jane Austen Festival–held, in...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 25, 2020
Online Austen everywhere
A month or two ago, there was no joy in Austenland, as, one by one, treasured Jane Austen events fell victim to coronavirus cancelation....
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 15, 2019
Companions
Thirteen years ago, when PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre aired a new adaptation of Jane Eyre, the network offered viewers a chance to buy...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 18, 2019
Subcontinental Austen
South Asians never seem to tire of Jane Austen. We’ve had an Indian TV show based on Sense and Sensibility. We’ve screened cinematic...
Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 21, 2019
Jane Austen Purim
Today is Purim, the Jewish version of Mardi Gras, on which we eat a big meal, dress in silly costumes, read the Biblical book of Esther,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 10, 2018
P&P: Multicultural
Jane Austen’s mature work features only one character of color: the teenaged West Indian heiress Miss Lambe, “half mulatto, chilly and...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 26, 2018
Mistletoe, yes; pride and prejudice, no
Last summer, when I learned that the Hallmark Channel would celebrate Christmas by broadcasting a movie based on a Jane Austen fanfic...
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