Deborah YaffeDec 17, 2020Eternal veritiesDespite the strangeness of this year, some eternal verities remain. Snowflakes. Evergreens. Misquoting Jane Austen. A few highlights of...
Deborah YaffeApr 20, 2020From museum to houseTwo years ago, Chawton House Library – a research center for the study of early English writing by women, located in an Elizabethan...
Deborah YaffeJan 13, 2020BewitchingSearch engine optimization and web analytics are topics about which I know very little. (OK: nothing.) So when Google sends me its...
Deborah YaffeJul 29, 2019Greatest Hits, Part IThe Emmy nominations were announced recently, and all the brouhaha over Game of Thrones et al. has left me hankering to award some prizes...
Deborah YaffeJan 21, 2019Printer errorFew expressions of Janeite commitment are as permanent -- not to mention as painful -- as the Jane Austen tattoo. Therefore, I’d have...
Deborah YaffeDec 13, 2018Desperately seeking romance in Jane AustenVirginia Woolf famously wrote of Jane Austen that “of all great writers she is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness.” Let...
Deborah YaffeOct 1, 2018MismatchJane Austen’s novels are filled with marital mismatches. Clever, sardonic Mr. Bennet treats Mrs. Bennet with thinly veiled disrespect. In...
Deborah YaffeMar 7, 2016Getting it wrong, againIt’s time again for one of my favorite pastimes: Making Fun of the Internet – Jane Austen Edition. Today’s episode includes two entries: ...
Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2015Mis-RemembranceSee, this is why it’s a problem -- as I’ve written so many, many times before (for instance: here, here and here) – that the Internet is...