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 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...
Deborah YaffeJan 7, 2021Recovering a literary Holy GrailIt’s been more than three years since a trio of passionate Janeites formed the Godmersham Lost Sheep Society (GLOSS), an organization...
Deborah YaffeDec 28, 2020On this day in 1798. . .Fifty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. When Jane Austen sat down to write a letter to her sister,...
Deborah YaffeJul 24, 2019Still readingThe fascinating Reading with Austen project, a digital recreation of Edward Austen Knight’s library at Godmersham Park in Kent, got some...
Deborah YaffeJul 21, 2019Chawton cottage at seventySeventy years ago this week, the premier Janeite pilgrimage site welcomed its first pilgrims. On July 23, 1949, Chawton cottage, the...
Deborah YaffeJan 17, 2019Family albumThe Janeite world is a-twitter (and a-Twitter) this week over the serendipitous discovery of a Victorian photo album filled with pictures...
Deborah YaffeSep 23, 2018On this day in 1813. . .Thirty-seventh in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen never lived alone. From her earliest days,...
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 YaffeAug 5, 2018Death of an Austen descendantThanks to her four reproductively prolific brothers – James, Edward, Frank, and Charles produced an impressive total of thirty-three sons...
Deborah YaffeOct 25, 2017Herding sheepSomewhere out there, lost lambs are baa-ing to return to the fold, and a group of scholarly Bo Peeps is ready to shepherd them home. The...