Deborah YaffeOct 30, 2016Janeite trick-or-treatingIn her novels and letters, Jane Austen does not mention Halloween, whose modern-day form – costumes, trick-or-treating, ghouls, pumpkins...
Deborah YaffeOct 28, 2015Jane-o'-lantern timeDevoted readers of Among the Janeites may recall that, even as a child, I was not much of a Halloween person. Dressing up: not my thing....
Deborah YaffeMay 31, 2015The Jane Austen diet planWe Janeites hail our beloved author as a witty social critic, a source of romantic escapism, a harbinger of a more civilized age, a...
Deborah YaffeMay 21, 2014Aux armes, citoyens!We Janeites like to think of ourselves as a community whose shared enthusiasm transcends the artificiality of mere lines on a map,...
Deborah YaffeSep 22, 2013The DressI spent this past week participating in a most enjoyable Group Read of Among the Janeites at the Republic of Pemberley (it's now...
