Deborah YaffeNov 18, 2021Another mansion for saleOnce again, it’s time for every Janeite’s favorite sport: eying up palatial real estate with tangential Jane Austen associations. Today’s...
Deborah YaffeOct 24, 2019On this day in 1808. . .Forty-eighth 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 22, 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 YaffeApr 4, 2016Janeite house-shareHave you been racking your brain to think of a fun vacation house-share for two dozen of your closest Janeite friends? Well, rack no more...