Deborah YaffeNov 1, 2018Never too much JaneSometimes it feels as if only die-hard Janeites are still thinking about Jane Austen. And other times – like these past few weeks --...
Deborah YaffeOct 4, 2018Emma, live and on filmMusical theater is an expensive art form, and fans on a budget – or those who live far from the major cities where original productions...
Deborah YaffeApr 16, 2018Emma, the (latest) musicalGood news for those of us who can never get enough Jane Austen adaptations: Apparently, theater professionals in London and New York are...
Deborah YaffeDec 11, 2017On this day in 1815. . .Twenty-ninth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. It’s an occupational hazard of the writing life that people...
Deborah YaffeNov 27, 2017Wanted: LettuceThe rabbit guy, it turns out, loved Jane Austen. Last week, the Guardian reported that the large and valuable library of the late Richard...
Deborah YaffeNov 23, 2017Pie and prejudiceThanksgiving Day is upon us once again, and once again it’s time to search the works of Jane Austen – who, as an Englishwoman who never...
Deborah YaffeNov 20, 2017On this day in 1814. . .Twenty-eighth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Only six of Jane Austen’s letters to her oldest niece,...
Deborah YaffeOct 16, 2017Men who won't take no for an answerJane Austen anticipates current events in Hollywood: Northanger Abbey, ch. 15: “ ‘Did you ever hear the old song ‘Going to One Wedding...
Deborah YaffeMar 20, 2017Austen comic books 2.0Given the ubiquity of comic books based on Jane Austen’s novels, I suppose it’s not surprising that we’ve now moved on to Version 2.0:...