Deborah YaffeDec 7, 2020Crashing at Henry's placeFew of Jane Austen’s heroines are economically secure, so it’s ironic that her modern-day brand has become inextricably associated with...
Deborah YaffeAug 31, 2020Mutton and rhubarbJane Austen seems to have spent as little time as possible in the kitchen, leaving the cooking to the women she lived with and the...
Deborah YaffeAug 6, 2020Mr. Darcy, harasser?Jane Austen has been used and abused in so many different ways by now, pressed into service to sell everything from perfume to romance...
Deborah YaffeJul 30, 2020Jane talks backJane Austen lived a very long time ago, in a world whose gender roles, social conditions, and technological context are largely alien to...
Deborah YaffeJun 22, 2020The Jane Austen Guide to QuarantineFor many of us, coronavirus quarantine has proved to be the perfect moment to reread Jane Austen. (Although, really, is there ever a bad...
Deborah YaffeMay 18, 2020Oh, to be in ParisFor some unaccountable reason, lately I find myself fantasizing longingly about travel to exotic destinations. (Not even that exotic! The...
Deborah YaffeMar 26, 2020Jane in the time of coronavirusFor Austen fans everywhere, it’s a burning question: WWJD (What Would Jane Do) in the time of coronavirus quarantine? Luckily, we now...
Deborah YaffeJan 27, 2020Jane's carLast December, the owner of a very trendy new car got into a minor accident on an English roadway. And thus we learned some exciting...
Deborah YaffeJan 9, 2020Meg, Jo, Elinor, MarianneLike all American girls, I loved Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and when I shared it with my daughter many years after my first...