Deborah YaffeMar 27, 2014It's probably better in the originalThe other day, I ran across a nice review of Among the Janeites on a Spanish (as in, from Spain) web site, Letras con la sopa. At least,...
Deborah YaffeMar 24, 2014P&P & QuiltsVisitors to Jane Austen’s House Museum, fondly known as Chawton Cottage, love to admire the patchwork quilt stitched by Austen, her...
Deborah YaffeMar 20, 2014Darcy in LilliputWhen a twelve-foot-high fiberglass statue of wet-shirt-Darcy was erected in a famed London lake last summer, it seemed the apotheosis of...
Deborah YaffeMar 17, 2014Timeless (and international) AustenThe tirelessly energetic, not-yet-two-year-old Jane Austen Book Club of Mumbai, India, has issued its first publication, a forty-page...
Deborah YaffeMar 13, 2014Another Janeite dream jobLast year, I briefly indulged a Janeite fantasy as I imagined plunking down a cool million dollars to buy Cassandra’s Cup, the teashop...
Deborah YaffeMar 10, 2014Janeites and Disney fansJane Austen and Disney: it’s a nightmarish pairing. An adorably anthropomorphic Pug steals fabric from Mrs. Norris’ poor box to trim...
Deborah YaffeMar 6, 2014Book talk in Cherry Hill, NJAnother book talk at a New Jersey library tonight! This time, I’ll be at the Cherry Hill Public Library, 1100 Kings Highway North, at 7...
Deborah YaffeMar 3, 2014Postscript to "The Watsons in Winter": Bless the Midwest!The library gods are smiling upon us Janeites. As I reported in my recently completed Watsons in Winter blog series, Jane Austen’s...
Deborah YaffeFeb 27, 2014Goofy Austen News; or, Any Link to Jane Will DoThere are weeks when all you hear about Jane Austen is staid, decorous stuff: the prospect of a new film adaptation, or the exhibit of a...