Deborah YaffeFeb 24, 2014Martin Amis: Saved by Jane AustenI’m not a Martin Amis fan – The Rachel Papers so repulsed me that I’ve never cracked open another of his novels – but this interview...
Deborah YaffeNov 15, 2013Among the Janeites on TVThose wacky Jane Austen fans were the subject of a segment of ABC's Nightline, which aired last night (early this morning, actually) and...
Deborah YaffeOct 28, 2013Dissed by the Austen ProjectJoanna Trollope’s modern-dress adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, the first in a planned series of six Austen updates by popular...
Deborah YaffeSep 19, 2013Hey JanePride and Prejudice is Jane Austen’s most popular novel. It’s the one that gets assigned in high school, makes the top-novels-of-all-time...
Deborah YaffeMay 23, 2013Jane Austen, by the bookLast Sunday, the British novelist Hilary Mantel was featured in the New York Times Book Review’s weekly "By the Book" feature, in which...
Deborah YaffeMay 13, 2013Jane Austen in IndiaHow awesome is this? A sixteen-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, has founded the city’s first Jane Austen club. "I've been fascinated by...
Deborah YaffeApr 22, 2013Friends don't let friends miss out on Jane AustenThe other night I was trying, once again, to persuade two of my friends to read Jane Austen. They’re both smart, well-educated native...
Deborah YaffeFeb 4, 2013Anniversaries and explanationsJanuary 28 marked the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, and predictably the occasion generated a...
