Deborah YaffeAug 22, 2018On this day in 1796. . .Thirty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The young Jane Austen was a voracious reader. We know this...
Deborah YaffeJun 10, 2018On this day in 1799. . .Thirty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The story of Jane Austen fandom has been told more than...
Deborah YaffeMay 23, 2018On this day in 1813. . .Thirty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Although Jane Austen was, famously, not a big fan of Bath,...
Deborah YaffeApr 8, 2018Gateway to Austen's educationFew are the places with genuine Jane Austen connections. Austen’s birthplace, Steventon Rectory, was razed in the nineteenth century;...
Deborah YaffeMar 8, 2018On this day in 1814. . .Thirty-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen had spent her day...
Deborah YaffeJan 29, 2018On this day in 1813. . .Thirtieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two centuries ago, Jane Austen was brimming over with the joy...
Deborah YaffeJun 14, 2017On this day in 1808. . .Twenty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The letter Jane Austen began writing to her sister,...
Deborah YaffeFeb 9, 2017On this day in 1807. . .Twentieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen came from a large and close-knit tribe of siblings...
Deborah YaffeJan 9, 2017On this day in 1796. . .Nineteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. If Cassandra Austen had known how much speculation would be...
Deborah YaffeDec 19, 2016On this day in 1798. . .Eighteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Reading has its hierarchies. We prefer acquaintances to catch...
Deborah YaffeNov 21, 2016On this day in 1800. . .Seventeenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. In 1884, when Jane Austen’s great-nephew Lord Brabourne...
Deborah YaffeOct 26, 2016On this day in 1798. . .Sixteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Two hundred and eighteen years ago today, on October 27, 1798,...