Deborah YaffeSep 15, 2014Jane votes yesWe Janeites are used to seeing Our Author co-opted by partisans across the politico-cultural spectrum: depending on who’s talking, she’s...
Deborah YaffeSep 11, 2014Another brick in the wallWas it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah YaffeSep 8, 2014Another Jane Austen sightingMy Jane Austen Google alert this weekend pointed me to this alluring yet unsatisfactory story in the Halstead Gazette, which covers the...
Deborah YaffeSep 4, 2014In it for the moneyNot being a math type, I have never spent much time trying to calculate the contemporary equivalents of the sums mentioned in Jane...
Deborah YaffeSep 1, 2014Win a signed copy of Among the JaneitesOver at Lost Generation Reader, Jenna is running a giveaway to wrap up her “Austen in August” event. Among the prizes is a copy of Among...
Deborah YaffeAug 28, 2014Bright college yearsLike so many of us, I retain fond, rose-colored memories of my college years, when I had nothing to do but read great books and discuss...
Deborah YaffeAug 25, 2014Pet Austen Peeve #83: Movie Quotes Aren't Book QuotesI suppose I should just stop banging my head against the same old brick wall. But really: if you’re going to go to the trouble of...
Deborah YaffeAug 21, 2014Announcing blog archivesThe website platform I use here, Moonfruit, has many excellent qualities -- primarily, its ease of use for the technically non-adept,...
Deborah YaffeAug 18, 2014Wearable booksHow often do you get the chance to celebrate books, donate to a good cause and acquire a cool T-shirt – all at once? Not often, am I...