Deborah YaffeJul 16, 2015It was 20 years ago today (almost). . .The year 1995 marked what I’ve called the Big Bang of contemporary Jane Austen fandom: Colin Firth’s wet-shirt scene in the BBC’s famous...
Deborah YaffeJul 13, 2015Recapturing Austen's physicalityJaneites never tire of speculating about Austen’s appearance (see here and here for examples), despite – or perhaps because of – the...
Deborah YaffeJul 9, 2015On this day in 1816. . .Sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters By all accounts, Jane Austen was an exceptional aunt, and she had a...
Deborah YaffeJul 6, 2015Good news about P&P&Z?For months, the best news I could imagine hearing about the filmed adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith’s...
Deborah YaffeJul 2, 2015Online Austen and our Internet selvesIt’s been more than two years since we fans bid a sad farewell to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the delightful web series that recast Pride...
Deborah YaffeJun 29, 2015Dishing with BuJALook! Down there in the barrel! It’s a fish! Hand me my rifle! Yes, I know I should stop trashing Bustle’s near-daily stream of Jane...
Deborah YaffeJun 25, 2015Jane Austen (dis)contentBecause she is famous and popular, Jane Austen has become a handy peg on which to hang just about anything, from advice for the dateless...
Deborah YaffeJun 22, 2015Jane Austen slept hereOur first president traveled widely in his efforts to shore up the foundations of our fledgling republic. “Driven by duty to present...
Deborah YaffeJun 18, 2015Celebrating Austen in ChawtonJane Austen festivals are a dime a dozen by now, but Jane Austen Regency Week, the nine-day Austen festival that begins this Saturday,...