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 27, 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,...
Deborah YaffeSep 8, 2016On this day in 1816. . .Fifteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...
Deborah YaffeMar 3, 2016On this day in 1814. . .Eleventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters Henry Austen, the fourth-oldest of Jane Austen’s seven siblings,...
Deborah YaffeFeb 4, 2016On this day in 1813. . .Tenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. Today our world is awash in writers talking about their Intentions,...
Deborah YaffeAug 24, 2015On this day in 1805. . .Seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters. One of the pleasures of reading Jane Austen’s letters to her...