Deborah YaffeApr 18, 2013Austen and BostonIn May of 1811, Jane Austen’s local newspaper carried a report of the Battle of Albuera, a bloody encounter pitting Britain and its...
Deborah YaffeMar 25, 2013The gratifications of delayed gratificationThe wild success of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the web series updating Pride and Prejudice to contemporary California, has gotten me...
Deborah YaffeMar 7, 2013A little bit of pasteboardNot sure about these new Jane Austen stamps (designed by Angela Barrett) recently issued by Britain's Royal Mail, to commemorate the two...
Deborah YaffeFeb 4, 2013Anniversaries and explanationsJanuary 28 marked the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, and predictably the occasion generated a...