Deborah YaffeOct 31, 2019Lydia the leopardI really should cease being surprised by how indiscriminately purveyors of goods and services slap the name “Jane Austen” onto items with...
Deborah YaffeJul 8, 2019Oh, those clothes. . The success of the screen adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels has been attributed to many factors: romantic plots, attractive stars,...
Deborah YaffeJul 4, 2019Free to be. . .On this holiday of freedom from tyranny, including the tyranny of conventional expectations, it seems appropriate to spend a moment...
Deborah YaffeFeb 22, 2016Window shoppingFashion – at least in the practical, everyday, what-are-you-wearing-this-morning sense – is not my thing. However, I like looking at...
Deborah YaffeFeb 15, 2016Wedding seasonJust in case yesterday’s festivities didn’t give you enough of that Valentine’s Day spirit, Biltmore House, the palatial Asheville, N.C.,...
Deborah YaffeJul 13, 2015Recapturing Austen's physicalityJaneites never tire of speculating about Austen’s appearance (see here and here for examples), despite – or perhaps because of – the...
Deborah YaffeJun 1, 2015The Jane Austen diet planWe Janeites hail our beloved author as a witty social critic, a source of romantic escapism, a harbinger of a more civilized age, a...
Deborah YaffeJul 24, 2014Wha--?I love for people to find inspiration in Jane Austen. Really, I do. But from time to time, I look at something allegedly inspired by...
Deborah YaffeSep 23, 2013The DressI spent this past week participating in a most enjoyable Group Read of Among the Janeites at the Republic of Pemberley (it's now...