Deborah YaffeJul 18, 2016A Dear Jane letterEvery Janeite has probably fantasized about meeting the woman herself. What would we say? What would we ask her? Would we babble...
Deborah YaffeJul 14, 2016Austen on the HillI’m sure I speak for many American Janeites when I boldly assert that Congress would be a better place if more of its members read Jane...
Deborah YaffeJul 11, 2016Piece by pieceYesterday marked the fourth anniversary of a Janeite teapot tempest – the purchase at auction, by American singer Kelly Clarkson, of a...
Deborah YaffeJul 7, 2016Worldwide Janeite partyingAs summer weeks go, the week ahead is looking pretty good for Jane Austen fans: * Tomorrow and Saturday, the Janeites of Port Alberni, in...
Deborah YaffeJul 4, 2016That Hamilton womanJane Austen was only seven when the American War of Independence ended, and as far as I know she is not on record either pro or con –...
Deborah YaffeJun 30, 2016The Austen Catch-Up Project: Jenny UglowThe classics are timeless, we are told. Their freshness has no sell-by date; their concerns seem as urgent in our times as in the times...
Deborah YaffeJun 27, 2016Austen's simple old songsLike her characters Marianne Dashwood and Jane Fairfax, Jane Austen was, we are told, a committed amateur pianist. “In her youth she had...
Deborah YaffeJun 23, 2016On this day in 1814. . .Fourteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Jane Austen’s circle of real friends seems to have been...
Deborah YaffeJun 20, 2016Kitten pictures. Need I say more?I’m not a big fan of cute animal pictures on the internet, but hey – when cute animal pictures with a Jane Austen connection show up on...