Deborah YaffeOct 5, 2015Fun! Inspirational! But not Jane Austen!Those of you who’ve been reading this blog for awhile may stop here. You’ve heard what I’m going to say: They’re misquoting Jane Austen...
Deborah YaffeFeb 2, 2015Not as happy as I deserveAnother year, another round of Let’s Misquote Jane Austen. Back in October, the last time I was overcome by irritation at the general...
Deborah YaffeOct 20, 2014Must stop can't stopI really should stop. Don’t torture myself, right? Just surrender my Jane Austen Critical Faculties license, turn in my Janeite Purist...
Deborah YaffeSep 11, 2014Another brick in the wallWas it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah YaffeAug 25, 2014Pet Austen Peeve #83: Movie Quotes Aren't Book QuotesI suppose I should just stop banging my head against the same old brick wall. But really: if you’re going to go to the trouble of...
Deborah YaffeApr 14, 2014Pet Jane Austen Peeve #37: Quoting Out of Context“Jane Austen said it best,” a blogger for the Christian Post asserts in a recent piece on Biblical approaches to friendship. " ‘There is...
Deborah YaffeDec 19, 2013Jane Austen movies: not the same as Jane Austen booksLook, it’s fine with me if your knowledge of Jane Austen is based on the movies, not the books. No problem. I love (many of) the movies...