Deborah YaffeJul 15, 2019On this day in 1816. . .Forty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen’s brothers were a reproductively prolific lot, at...
Deborah YaffeJul 1, 2019Too darn hotThe dog days of summer are approaching, and perhaps that’s why the amount of Stupid Jane Austen Stuff coming my way seems to have ramped...
Deborah YaffeJun 20, 2019On this day in 1808. . .Forty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters It’s hardly news to dedicated Janeites that the Jane Austen we...
Deborah YaffeMay 27, 2019On this day in 1817. . .Forty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. In May of 1817, the gravely ill Jane Austen left her home...
Deborah YaffeMay 13, 2019Busting Austen mythsMost Janeites don’t need to hear, yet again, that Jane Austen was not a kindly maiden aunt whose sweet, insubstantial little romance...
Deborah YaffeApr 11, 2019On this day in 1805. . .Forty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. "It is a period, indeed!” Captain Wentworth exclaims to Anne...
Deborah YaffeMar 25, 2019On this day in 1817. . .Forty-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Those of us who feel strongly about books sometimes subject...
Deborah YaffeMar 7, 2019Getting it wrongJane Austen, it seems safe to say, is one of the most famous writers who ever lived, especially in English-speaking countries. Yet out...
Deborah YaffeJan 24, 2019On this day in 1817. . .Forty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Only hindsight makes anything remarkable out of the letter...