Deborah YaffeMay 12, 2022On this day in 1801. . .Seventy-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. How autobiographical is Jane Austen’s writing? Impossible...
Deborah YaffeApr 21, 2022On this day in 1805. . .Seventy-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Leigh-Perrot, who was married to the older brother of...
Deborah YaffeFeb 17, 2022On this day in 1813. . . Seventy-second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Exactly 209 years ago today, Jane Austen wrote a letter to...
Deborah YaffeFeb 3, 2022MouthwateringAusten-influenced crafts come in many forms. There are knitting patterns. There are board games. There are tote bags and jewelry and...
Deborah YaffeJan 3, 2022On this day in 1801. . . Seventy-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Moving out of one house and into another is a stressful,...
Deborah YaffeDec 30, 2021Saved!Genuinely good news – a commodity that’s been in short supply this past year – came our way earlier this month, with the announcement...
Deborah YaffeNov 25, 2021On this day in 1798. . . Sixty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Jane Austen’s nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh, who wrote the...
Deborah YaffeOct 18, 2021On this day in 1815. . .Sixty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Last month, I noted that Jane Austen’s account of a...
Deborah YaffeSep 16, 2021On this day in 1813. . .Sixty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Nostalgia for Jane Austen’s era has always struck me as...
Deborah YaffeJul 1, 2021On this day in 1808. . . Sixty-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. You know how as soon as you return from vacation, it feels as...
Deborah YaffeJun 14, 2021On this day in 1814. . . Sixty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. No author – not even Jane Austen -- is immune to the charm...
Deborah YaffeMay 31, 2021On this day in 1811. . . Sixty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Jane Austen was perfectly capable of writing a sensitive...