Under the floorboards
When I was a little girl, my favorite toy was my dollhouse. I liked setting up tiny roomscapes filled with detailed, perfectly manageable...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 22, 2021
Talking about "talking"
In the social world of Jane Austen’s Regency, young people navigated a complex set of unwritten rules for managing friendship and...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 17, 2016
Travels in translation
Jane Austen’s novels are filled with tourism: think Catherine Morland in Bath, Elizabeth Bennet in Derbyshire, the Dashwood sisters in...
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 29, 2016
Treasures of the Brits
And here’s an interesting footnote to the tale of Jane Austen’s ring – bought at auction four years ago by American singer Kelly...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 11, 2015
What's in a name?
I love names – perhaps because I’m terrible at faces, perhaps just because I’m a verbal person in all respects. Whatever the reason, I...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 6, 2014
One man's fandom
A while ago, my husband wrote the word “Basement” in green marker on the November 4 square of our family calendar. He didn’t do it to...
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 11, 2014
Jane Austen and babies: not so perfect together
Jane Austen, I think it’s fair to say, was not one to coo sentimentally over babies. She did not wax eloquent about the radiance of...
Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 10, 2014
Janeites and Disney fans
Jane Austen and Disney: it’s a nightmarish pairing. An adorably anthropomorphic Pug steals fabric from Mrs. Norris’ poor box to trim...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 2, 2014
It's that time of year again
New Year’s Resolutions for Janeites 1. Adopt Mr. Woodhouse’s macrobiotic/vegan diet. “The wedding-cake. . .had been a great distress to...