Deborah YaffeMay 3, 2018Judge JaneApparently, judges just love Jane Austen. Or so Ohio State University Professor Matthew H. Birkhold claims in a recent article in the...
Deborah YaffeFeb 26, 2018P&P on iceThe Winter Olympics are over, but not without a fleeting Jane Austen moment. Last week, as my daughter and I were sitting glued to the...
Deborah YaffeFeb 19, 2018Jane Austen tidbitsAlthough it’s been a quiet few weeks on the Austen beat, at least compared with last year’s bicentenary frenzy, a few bits of Janeite...
Deborah YaffeJan 22, 2018Onion Story Pleases Discerning Janeite ReaderLike all Internet-connected Janeites, I had a good giggle last week about the Onion story headlined, “Man Wishes Women In Crowded Bar...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2018Minting money from the Austen tennerThe Jane Austen £10 note has been circulating for only four months, but already its most collectible iterations are fetching inflated...
Deborah YaffeJan 4, 2018Austen quizzingJane Austen is no stranger to the quiz-show world, on either side of the pond: As blog readers will recall, just four years ago, she got...
Deborah YaffeDec 28, 2017Shades of PemberleyJane Austen’s name and image have been appropriated for so many ancillary items – fridge magnets, tote bags, coffee mugs, temporary...
Deborah YaffeDec 21, 2017Christmas comes early for JaneitesPeople who do not write fiction often have trouble believing that novelists just, you know, make stuff up. These readers seize upon every...
Deborah YaffeDec 18, 2017Jane Austen, flyin' highIt’s not every day that you get to put Jane Austen and Freddie Mercury in the same sentence. But thanks to Norwegian Airlines, a budget...