Sightings 8/14

The Line of Thought

. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.

--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Eternally Mr. Darcy

Pity poor Colin Firth. His IMDB page lists more than seventy-five film and TV credits in a career stretching back thirty-five years, and...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 18, 2019

Elizabeth Beeblebrox, anyone?

Just a few days after my uncharitable swipe at those who promulgate Austenian misinformation, a reminder of human fallibility crossed my...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 11, 2019

What's your name again?

It’s always enjoyable when the mass media provide opportunities for us Janeites to snark about everyone else’s Austen ignorance. Today’s...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 18, 2019

Jane Austen meets The Breakfast Club

It’s not every day that Jane Austen turns up in a teen sex comedy. So imagine my pleased surprise last week as I was watching the final...

Deborah Yaffe

Feb 4, 2019

A really accomplished young computer

Jane Austen’s novels have provided the inspiration for any number of musical treatments, from operas and a classical instrumental suite...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 19, 2018

Sightings

One of the occupational hazards of Janeite life is a heightened sensitivity to every mention of Jane Austen, no matter the context....

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 13, 2018

Naked(-ish) in Bath

Poor never-married Jane Austen: Lacking nuptials, she never got a bachelorette party, either. Strange, then – not to say strangely...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 10, 2018

Lucky thirteen

Name the ten most important vegetables! Quick now! Does broccoli outrank kale? How about carrots vs. turnips? Yes, yes, I know they’re...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 13, 2018

Still missing

In the annals of news-that-isn’t-exactly-new, the year 1975 holds a special place. That fall, the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 14, 2018

Judge Jane

Apparently, judges just love Jane Austen. Or so Ohio State University Professor Matthew H. Birkhold claims in a recent article in the...

Deborah Yaffe

May 3, 2018

P&P on ice

The 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 Yaffe

Feb 26, 2018

Jane Austen tidbits

Although 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 Yaffe

Feb 19, 2018