Deborah YaffeJan 8, 2018Patching together Austen's lifeAmong the commemorations planned during last year’s bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death, one of the most delightful was the Chawton quilt...
Deborah YaffeDec 4, 2017Good news (at last!) for Chawton HouseThe past year’s drama at Chawton House Library has sometimes seemed more appropriate to one of the Gothic romances Jane Austen satirized...
Deborah YaffeNov 30, 2017Provender, Austen, and the tsarPity the poor aristocrat. Your stately home is decaying, your heating bill is through the (leaky) roof, and you lack the millions...
Deborah YaffeNov 13, 2017Cataloging the gardenOver the nearly five years I’ve been blogging about Jane Austen, Jane Austen’s House Museum -- aka Chawton cottage, the beloved...
Deborah YaffeOct 26, 2017Herding sheepSomewhere out there, lost lambs are baa-ing to return to the fold, and a group of scholarly Bo Peeps is ready to shepherd them home. The...
Deborah YaffeOct 23, 2017Jane Austen passes GoLast month, it seemed that Jane Austen had truly arrived in the world economy when the new £10 note bearing her portrait went into...
Deborah YaffeOct 5, 2017Teatime in HampshireFor many Janeites, a visit to Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, England, is incomplete without a stop at Cassandra’s Cup, the...
Deborah YaffeOct 2, 2017SOS for Chawton's horsesAlthough the Shire horses of Chawton House Library have been dispersed to new homes, the local campaign to reverse that decision...
Deborah YaffeSep 28, 2017Bye-bye to benchesAs summer turns to autumn, the Jane Austen bicentenary year enters its final quarter, and winding-up is in the air. The latest evidence:...