Bicentenary envy
The year 2017 brings two severe trials for American Janeites. The first is our inevitable sadness at marking the bicentenary of Jane...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 16, 2017
Austen's eyes
When the whole world is gobbling down a giant ice cream sundae, it can be hard to come along and insist we all switch to spinach. But...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 2, 2017
A whirlwind new year for Janeites
Happy new year, Janeites! For us fans of Jane Austen, 2017 is a big year, the biggest since – well, since 2013, when we celebrated the...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jan 11, 2016
A big anniversary, one year early
This past weekend saw the kickoff of Jane Austen 200, the Hampshire, England, commemoration of the bicentennial of Jane Austen’s death....
Deborah Yaffe
- May 4, 2015
Cassandra's grief
Cassandra Austen gets a bad rap from Janeites. As I’ve noted before, many of us just can’t forgive her for burning who-knows-how-many of...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 27, 2015
On this day in 1817. . .
Fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen’s letters The letter-like document that Jane Austen addressed to her sister,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 17, 2014
The sun of our lives
Tomorrow marks the 197th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, at 41, in a rented house at 8 College Street, Winchester, England....
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