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Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 8, 2020
Being Bennet(t)
When I read fanfiction that updates Jane Austen’s stories to contemporary settings, I often find myself exasperated by the names....
Deborah Yaffe
- May 28, 2018
Proust questionnaire for a Janeite
Last month, as blog readers will recall, a non-profit executive and Janeite with the extraordinarily appropriate name of Janet Austin was...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 24, 2018
On 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 Yaffe
- Jan 29, 2018
On 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 Yaffe
- Aug 31, 2015
The women we love (or love to hate)
Another day, another artificially constructed list of literary favorites on which Jane Austen ranks high. Today’s entry is the “Top 15 of...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 20, 2015
May Jane be with you
Fandom need not be monogamous. “It's apparent that there is a fannish personality,” the dance historian Allison Thompson told me when I...
Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 2, 2015
Winnie, Lizzy, and Camilla
Elizabeth Bennet – vivacious, witty, charming and good-hearted – has many fans. Add to the list Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wife of...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 3, 2013
Beautiful Lizzy
Why is everyone so convinced that Elizabeth Bennet isn’t beautiful? This past weekend, Deborah Moggach, the screenwriter for the 2005...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 23, 2013
Jane Austen, by the book
Last Sunday, the British novelist Hilary Mantel was featured in the New York Times Book Review’s weekly "By the Book" feature, in which...
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