Deborah YaffeJan 30, 2017Ready for our closeupAn intriguing tidbit popped up recently on my Jane Austen Google alert: Alejandra Carles-Tolra, a young Spanish photographer based in...
Deborah YaffeJan 12, 2017Jane Austen, citizen of the world (Part II)These days, the quintessentially English Jane Austen is, as I recently found occasion to note, a citizen of the world. And she seems to...
Deborah YaffeNov 7, 2016Lerner leaves Chawton HouseUnless Queen Elizabeth II is a secret Austen fan, the richest living Janeite is probably Sandy Lerner, the co-founder of Cisco Systems...
Deborah YaffeOct 20, 2016JASNA, Emma, and D.C.By the time you read this, I’ll be on my way to Washington, D.C., to attend the Jane Austen Society of North America’s thirty-eighth...
Deborah YaffeSep 22, 2016Janeite demigod turns 80Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who turned 80 this past Tuesday, is a Janeite demigod, the man who brought us not only the beloved 1995...
Deborah YaffeSep 1, 2016Pemberley survives, for nowPhew! After a near-death experience earlier this summer, the beloved Republic of Pemberley, the largest online Jane Austen fan site, has...
Deborah YaffeAug 15, 2016Pemberley in perilTwo years ago, under intense financial pressure, the Republic of Pemberley, the largest online Jane Austen fan community, downsized to a...
Deborah YaffeJul 18, 2016A Dear Jane letterEvery Janeite has probably fantasized about meeting the woman herself. What would we say? What would we ask her? Would we babble...
Deborah YaffeJul 14, 2016Austen on the HillI’m sure I speak for many American Janeites when I boldly assert that Congress would be a better place if more of its members read Jane...