Deborah Yaffe4 days agoNot In Jane's Backyard, Part IIJane Austen died without finishing Sanditon, her novel about a developer trying to turn a sleepy small town into a bustling seaside...
Deborah YaffeDec 21, 2023The sounds of Jane Austen ChristmasEmma Woodhouse’s Christmas holiday is not a good one, as readers of Emma will recall: On Christmas Eve, she fends off Mr. Elton’s...
Deborah YaffeAug 14, 2023WallpaperingMy husband, an aspiring rock god, owns a T-shirt reading, “How many guitars do I really need? Just one more.” Many Janeites harbor...
Deborah YaffeJul 13, 2023PodlifeThe universe of Jane Austen podcasts is hardly underpopulated. You can choose from titles like AustenTherapy, Bonnets at Dawn, First...
Deborah YaffeMay 25, 2023How P&P came to beIt’s a great time for programming at Jane Austen’s House, the cottage in Chawton, Hampshire, where Austen wrote or revised all six of her...
Deborah YaffeMay 22, 2023Listening pleasureIt’s been a sadly long time since I strolled through the garden at Jane Austen’s House, the cottage in Chawton, Hampshire, where Austen...
Deborah YaffeApr 10, 2023A controversial rarityBecause Jane Austen’s letters are such rare and precious gems, it’s semi-big news whenever one of the extant 160(ish) turns up on...
Deborah YaffeDec 5, 2022Treasures of the collectionA year after a priceless nineteenth-century literary collection was rescued from the auction block and donated to public institutions...
Deborah YaffeSep 12, 2022Jane Austen in love . . . maybeNine months have passed since we learned the happy news that a cache of priceless books and manuscripts, including two Jane Austen...