Deborah YaffeJan 22, 2015On this day in 1805. . .From time to time – or whenever the spate of weird, annoying or delightful Jane Austen news slows to a trickle – I’ll be offering an...
Deborah YaffeJan 19, 2015Austen-era keyboardingIt’s probably impossible for us twenty-first-century folk, with our high-tech communications, advanced medical care and expansive notions...
Deborah YaffeJan 15, 2015Unbelievable Austen truthsYou may think that Jane Austen’s father was George Austen, a clergyman who headed a parish in rural England. But apparently you would be...
Deborah YaffeJan 12, 2015Meet the JaneitesBack in my girlhood (yes, Virginia, I was young once too), you were lucky if you accidentally stumbled across one or two other people who...
Deborah YaffeJan 8, 2015Undead at lastThe time for silver-bullet and stake-through-the-heart jokes is officially over. The movie version of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies has not...
Deborah YaffeJan 5, 2015Janeite on YouTubeCyberspace is teeming with smart and interesting Janeites I've never heard of, and this past weekend I stumbled across yet another: Ron...
Deborah YaffeJan 1, 2015A Jane Austen yearJane Austen isn't just everywhere; she's all the time. After a busy year celebrating Mansfield Park's two hundredth anniversary,...
Deborah YaffeDec 29, 2014See under "J"The New York Times Magazine’s year-end obituary issue drew my attention to a death I’d missed last spring: that of Adrianne Wadewitz, a...
Deborah YaffeDec 25, 2014A Jane Austen ChristmasJane Austen is famously careful about the chronology in her stories – Ellen Moody has mined the text to produce working calendars for all...