It's that time of year again
New Year’s Resolutions for Janeites 1. Adopt Mr. Woodhouse’s macrobiotic/vegan diet. “The wedding-cake. . .had been a great distress to...
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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 30, 2013
Jane Austen's 2013
For someone who’s been dead since 1817, Jane Austen had a pretty good year in 2013. She was honored with a set of UK stamps, and her...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 26, 2013
Happy holidays to me. . .
A lovely Christmas present: Austenprose names Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom the top...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 23, 2013
Christmas Anglophilia
I don’t think I’m really an Anglophile – although it’s true that, if money were no object, I would certainly retire to a charming...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 19, 2013
Jane Austen movies: not the same as Jane Austen books
Look, it’s fine with me if your knowledge of Jane Austen is based on the movies, not the books. No problem. I love (many of) the movies...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 16, 2013
Happy 238th birthday
Today is Jane Austen’s 238th birthday – cue trumpet flourish – and the public library in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, is throwing a fun...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 12, 2013
Another Janeite conversation
The first of my back-to-back December events is coming up tomorrow (Friday, December 13). I’ll be speaking about and signing Among the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 9, 2013
Janeite game-playing
Jane Austen games are breaking out all over. The creators of Ever, Jane, a new massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG)...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 5, 2013
Married to Mr. Darcy?
On-line quizzes claiming to align your personality with that of a literary character are hardly a new phenomenon. (For example, click...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 2, 2013
December events
December is a special month for Janeites, since the 16th is the birthday of our beloved author. I'll be giving back-to-back talks on...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 28, 2013
Giving thanks for Jane Austen
As a concept, gratitude is important to Jane Austen: Elizabeth feels it for Darcy when she learns what he's done for Lydia; Sir Thomas...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 25, 2013
The dishes on Austen's table
I ate so much terrible British food during the two years I studied in England – I can’t think of my Oxford college’s rendition of...
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