Deborah YaffeAug 29, 2022Diving deepWe Janeites like to say that Austen’s novels repay slow and careful perusal, and that every time we reread, we discover something new....
Deborah YaffeAug 1, 2022As seen by AIJane Austen famously supplies few physical descriptions of her characters – little beyond eye color, hair color, or relative height, and...
Deborah YaffeJul 25, 2022Cue the wine and cheeseLast spring, as blog readers will recall, the London Times announced that Persuasion was the sixth most popular book on TikTok, the...
Deborah YaffeMay 26, 2022#AustenTokIf you’ve ever wondered whether the shortening of our collective attention span spells doom for the appreciation of Jane Austen's...
Deborah YaffeJan 31, 2022Jane all aroundJane Austen turns up in the most unexpected places, doesn’t she? Here’s where she’s been in the past week: --Jane Austen and true crime:...
Deborah YaffeJan 6, 2022Getting warmerWhen it comes to climate change, is Jane Austen part of the problem? In a grossly oversimplified nutshell, that’s the question that will...
Deborah YaffeDec 16, 2021Many happy returnsTwo hundred and forty-six years ago today, a daughter was born to Cassandra Leigh Austen and her husband, the Reverend George Austen. The...
Deborah YaffeSep 27, 2021The opposite of speed readingHow long does it take to read a Jane Austen novel? At roughly three hundred pages apiece, her books are far shorter than the works of...
Deborah YaffeSep 20, 2021Pricey, and pricelessIt’s always nice to know that other people value Our Jane the way we do. Like, value her in dollars. Last week, as blog readers will...