Deborah YaffeJan 27, 2020Jane's carLast December, the owner of a very trendy new car got into a minor accident on an English roadway. And thus we learned some exciting...
Deborah YaffeDec 22, 2016Jane Austen, citizen of the worldJane Austen is often seen as quintessentially English, in her portraits of a rural middle-class life dominated by the gentry and the...
Deborah YaffeDec 17, 2015Jane Austen's new careerIt’s always inspiring to hear about people who have shifted gears later in life, learning new skills or realizing old dreams. But who...
Deborah YaffeJul 27, 2015When my ship comes inAs Janeites know, Austen was no world traveler: for all of her forty-one years, she lived in the southern English counties of Hampshire...
Deborah YaffeJun 2, 2014Looking for love Down UnderAnd you thought Jane Austen was dead. But no – she’s on the prowl for a mate, or at least a date. And she’s “an optimistic family...
Deborah YaffeMay 12, 2014Meet me at the corner of Austen and BrontëIt’s true that I have no plans to move to Iowa. It’s true that I don’t really like sprawling five-bedroom houses in subdivisions so new...
