Deborah YaffeDec 14, 2023Bronzing Jane, againExactly five years ago, Winchester Cathedral proposed erecting a statue of Jane Austen in the Cathedral Close, in tribute to the most...
Deborah YaffeDec 11, 2023Girly stuffMy husband likes to read. But the books he picks! All those violent Nordic thrillers! All those biographies of rock musicians! All those...
Deborah YaffeDec 7, 2023Marked upThe world can be divided into two categories: People who leave their books unsullied, and people who mark them up. And if a prominent...
Deborah YaffeDec 4, 2023Flipping Austenian pancakesIf your house is anything like mine, this time of year features a whole lot of food. There are foods to provide for guests and family...
Deborah YaffeNov 30, 2023Second chancesJuly 1997. A lavish birthday party for a controversial royal paramour. Her old flame and current lover, the future king of England, rises...
Deborah YaffeNov 27, 2023Short and sweetFellow novelists do not invariably appreciate Jane Austen—looking at you, Charlotte Brontë!—but it’s always a pleasure when they do. And...
Deborah YaffeNov 23, 2023RootsAs my family and our guests gather around our Thanksgiving table today, the menu will include a roasted carrot salad discovered in a...
Deborah YaffeNov 20, 2023Rebooting Clueless: The Musical Almost five years ago, I saw the off-Broadway production of Clueless: The Musical and found it a disappointingly pallid version of the...
Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2023Jane Austen universe(s), Part IIIf you spend your days reading Jane Austen novels and consuming Jane Austen adaptations and talking to fellow Jane Austen fans and...