Deborah YaffeFeb 17, 2022On this day in 1813. . . Seventy-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Exactly 209 years ago today, Jane Austen wrote a letter to...
Deborah YaffeJan 3, 2022On this day in 1801. . . Seventy-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Moving out of one house and into another is a stressful,...
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 6, 2021On this day in 1814. . . Seventieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The author of Pride and Prejudice may have been an anonymous...
Deborah YaffeNov 25, 2021On this day in 1798. . . Sixty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Jane Austen’s nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, who wrote the...
Deborah YaffeOct 18, 2021On this day in 1815. . .Sixty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Last month, I noted that Jane Austen’s account of a...
Deborah YaffeSep 16, 2021On this day in 1813. . .Sixty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Nostalgia for Jane Austen’s era has always struck me as...
Deborah YaffeAug 23, 2021On this day in 1814. . . Sixty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. We’ve all got those relatives – the ones we know about but...
Deborah YaffeJul 1, 2021On this day in 1808. . . Sixty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. You know how as soon as you return from vacation, it feels as...