Deborah YaffeJan 6, 2020Excessively fond of a cottageIf only the Austens had invested in Steventon real estate. Back in 1801, as Janeites will recall, the Rev. George Austen moved out of the...
Deborah YaffeDec 23, 2019Janeite dream job par excellenceAnother of those Janeite dream jobs -- arguably, the biggest Janeite dream job of them all -- has opened up: Jane Austen’s House Museum,...
Deborah YaffeAug 5, 2019Water, water everywhereIt’s been a wet week for Janeites. Last Monday, we were treated to the first trailer for Sanditon, the forthcoming ITV-PBS adaptation of...
Deborah YaffeJul 25, 2019Still readingThe fascinating Reading with Austen project, a digital recreation of Edward Austen Knight’s library at Godmersham Park in Kent, got some...
Deborah YaffeJul 22, 2019Chawton cottage at seventySeventy years ago this week, the premier Janeite pilgrimage site welcomed its first pilgrims. On July 23, 1949, Chawton cottage, the...
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 17, 2019FriendsAlthough Jane Austen is a quintessentially British writer, her admirers in North America are legion. Indeed, the Jane Austen Society of...
Deborah YaffeJun 13, 2019Travelin' onTwo years ago, Dutch journalist Karin Quint ran an admirably efficient Kickstarter campaign that ultimately raised more than $17,000 to...
Deborah YaffeMay 2, 2019Talking with Britain's most-photographed manWhen I visited the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England, in July 2011, Martin Salter had the day off. At the time, I didn’t know what I...