Deborah YaffeJan 8Headline magicIf you read the UK media, you might be forgiven for thinking that no story about British real estate is complete without a link to Jane...
Deborah YaffeDec 21, 2023The sounds of Jane Austen ChristmasEmma Woodhouse’s Christmas holiday is not a good one, as readers of Emma will recall: On Christmas Eve, she fends off Mr. Elton’s...
Deborah YaffeDec 18, 2023AirbnJAJaneites love making pilgrimages to the places where Jane Austen—or at least her relatives--once lived, worked, or ate. But for some...
Deborah YaffeDec 14, 2023Bronzing Jane, againExactly five years ago, Winchester Cathedral proposed erecting a statue of Jane Austen in the Cathedral Close, in tribute to the most...
Deborah YaffeOct 2, 2023Treasure chestChawton House, the Elizabethan mansion in Hampshire once owned by Jane Austen’s brother Edward, is one of the treasures of the Janeite...
Deborah YaffeSep 21, 2023Austen's not-so-secret LondonThe biographical record suggests that Jane Austen was essentially a country girl, much happier during the many years she spent in rural...
Deborah YaffeJul 27, 2023Summer funChawton House, the Elizabethan mansion in Hampshire, England, once owned by Jane Austen’s brother Edward Austen Knight, has had a busy...
Deborah YaffeJul 13, 2023PodlifeThe universe of Jane Austen podcasts is hardly underpopulated. You can choose from titles like AustenTherapy, Bonnets at Dawn, First...
Deborah YaffeJun 12, 2023Edward Knight, publican?Edward Knight, Jane Austen’s third-oldest brother, was a husband, a father, a landowner, and the man who provided one of England’s...