Deborah YaffeDec 28, 2015The multi-faceted Mr. WoodhouseAmid the flood of tributes, appraisals and critiques unleashed by last week’s bicentennial of Emma, I’ve been intrigued to note the...
Deborah YaffeDec 24, 2015The worst Christmas ever?Despite the New York Times’ efforts to persuade us otherwise, Jane Austen is not a Christmassy writer. It’s true that the word...
Deborah YaffeDec 21, 2015Happy birthday to EmmaThis Wednesday – the bicentennial of the publication of Emma – also marks the kickoff of “Emma in the Snow,” a blog series hosted by...
Deborah YaffeNov 26, 2015Pass the potatoesFor last year’s Thanksgiving Day blog, I amused myself by searching out Austen references to turkey. (As it happens, there are two – one...
Deborah YaffeNov 9, 2015How dare you?It’s not exactly news that we Janeites feel very, very strongly about Jane Austen’s characters. Like, more strongly than we do about most...
Deborah YaffeOct 19, 2015Intro to AustenIf Jane Austen’s genius must be reduced to a listicle, you could probably do worse than this bouncy seven-minute animation from the...
Deborah YaffeOct 15, 2015Hint, hintJust in case – ahem! – you were wondering what to get me for my birthday, a particularly scrumptious set of Jane Austen editions is...
Deborah YaffeOct 8, 2015Jane Austen in the age of the hookupLucy Worsley is a member of the uniquely British species known as the TV Historian – not a historian who writes about television, but...
Deborah YaffeSep 28, 2015On this day in 1814. . .Eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. For those of us fascinated by Jane Austen’s novels, it’s a source...