Deborah YaffeOct 20, 2022Drinking gameThis fall and winter, every Janeite workweek starts with “Austen Monday”—the evening on which the Rosenbach, Philadelphia’s museum and...
Deborah YaffeAug 19, 2021Raising Jane(ites)Long ago, I danced at a JASNA ball with a twelve-year-old girl who, when I asked if she was a Janeite, told me that she had “been raised...
Deborah YaffeMar 26, 2020Jane in the time of coronavirusFor Austen fans everywhere, it’s a burning question: WWJD (What Would Jane Do) in the time of coronavirus quarantine? Luckily, we now...
Deborah YaffeJun 17, 2019FriendsAlthough Jane Austen is a quintessentially British writer, her admirers in North America are legion. Indeed, the Jane Austen Society of...
Deborah YaffeOct 22, 2018In Edward's libraryIn September 1813, Jane Austen wrote to her sister, Cassandra, from their brother Edward’s library at Godmersham Park in Kent. As regular...
Deborah YaffeMay 24, 2018On 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 YaffeOct 26, 2017Herding sheepSomewhere out there, lost lambs are baa-ing to return to the fold, and a group of scholarly Bo Peeps is ready to shepherd them home. The...
Deborah YaffeApr 3, 2017Tending the Austen flameJane Austen’s books feature plenty of quietly competent women going about their work with minimal fuss – and, sometimes, minimal...
Deborah YaffeOct 13, 2014What I heard at the AGMI’m back home after four whirlwind days at the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting – held this year in Montreal...
Deborah YaffeApr 28, 2014Janeite heavenI spent my weekend in Janeite heaven: Saturday at “Jane Austen Day,” a delightful conference sponsored by the Eastern Pennsylvania...
