Deborah YaffeFeb 4, 2016On this day in 1813. . .Tenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Today our world is awash in writers talking about their Intentions,...
Deborah YaffeFeb 1, 2016I is for interventionThe year is young, and already I’ve read a book that I consider a masterpiece worthy of my rare five-star Goodreads rating, which I...
Deborah YaffeJan 28, 2016The Austen Catch-Up Project: AustentatiousIn 1913, Sybil G. Brinton, the thirty-eight-year-old daughter of a wealthy carpet manufacturer from Worcestershire, England, published...
Deborah YaffeJan 25, 2016Re-leash Mr. Darcy, pleaseThe life of a Jane Austen video completist is not easy. Yes, it’s true that in the service of her mission – to see and, ideally, to own...
Deborah YaffeJan 21, 2016Five, six -- who's counting?So I’m reading along in my book of the moment -- Sisters in Law, Linda Hirshman’s interesting joint biography of Sandra Day O’Connor and...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2016Popcorn time for JaneitesWe Janeites fondly remember the years 1995-1997, when no fewer than six Austen adaptations hit the big screen in the US. The next few...
Deborah YaffeJan 14, 2016It was (exactly) twenty years ago today. . . People who were alive in November 1963 like to reminisce about the moment they learned that JFK had been shot. American Janeites who were...
Deborah YaffeJan 11, 2016A big anniversary, one year earlyThis past weekend saw the kickoff of Jane Austen 200, the Hampshire, England, commemoration of the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s death....
Deborah YaffeJan 7, 2016Now that's what I call book promotionI speak from experience when I say that it’s a jungle out there in the book-marketing world. Very few authors command the prestige and...