Deborah YaffeNov 19, 2018A really accomplished young computerJane Austen’s novels have provided the inspiration for any number of musical treatments, from operas and a classical instrumental suite...
Deborah YaffeOct 25, 2018Mockingbird in a landslideCan I get half credit? As blog readers will recall, last week I predicted (correctly, as it turned out) that Pride and Prejudice,...
Deborah YaffeOct 18, 2018The envelope, please. . .When midnight strikes on the west coast tonight, something momentous will take place: Voting will close in PBS’s Great American Read...
Deborah YaffeOct 8, 2018Unfinished businessJane Austen’s books – usually Pride and Prejudice, sometimes Emma, occasionally one of the others -- perennially land on those...
Deborah YaffeAug 30, 2018P&P on the blockOnce again, it’s time to play “If I Were a Rich Janeite.” (Cue klezmer music.) The British auctioneer Bonhams has announced that, later...
Deborah YaffeAug 27, 2018Retracing Louisa's stepsJane Austen’s characters and situations feel so real to us that it’s easy to overlook the fact that many of her stories are set in...
Deborah YaffeJul 26, 2018On this day in 1809. . .Thirty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters As a novelist, Jane Austen was one of the greatest writers...
Deborah YaffeJun 28, 2018Bringing up the rearSix months ago, author and scholar Sarah Emsley launched a blog series dedicated to the two Austen novels marking their bicentenary this...
Deborah YaffeJun 25, 2018Graphing the plotBack in high school, I did reasonably well in math. I may have trouble balancing my checkbook these days, but I promise I’m not one of...