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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Google the Omniscient doesn’t seem to know if it was Henry Ford, P.T. Barnum, or somebody else entirely who first declared, “I don’t care...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 21, 2022
In praise of repression
Early on in Netflix’s polarizing new adaptation of Persuasion, Anne Elliot leafs through a scrapbook in which she has preserved accounts...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 18, 2022
Damage control
You’re a couple of weeks away from premiering your new movie. Your core audience has been vacuuming up every scrap of news about the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 7, 2022
That trailer
During an overseas visit earlier this month, I was too swamped with family business to follow the news with my usual attention. This...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 27, 2022
In the air
The zeitgeist is a peculiar thing. For decades – centuries, even – almost nobody makes a Pride and Prejudice update centered on same-sex...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 2, 2022
Back to the beach
May already! Practically swimsuit season – and thus a perfect time to check out the latest news about the two beachiest Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
May 9, 2022
Adding to the list
Since March 1, we’ve swooned (tastefully) over Sanditon, chuckled at (or ignored) The Courtship, held our breath for Bridgerton’s ve-e-ry...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 25, 2022
Deck the halls
It was Christmas in July for those of us who spend our days looking for pop-culture recognition of Jane Austen’s genius: * July 14:...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 12, 2021
On fire
Nearly two years ago, word trickled out that a same-sex update of Pride and Prejudice, set on the gay mecca of New York’s Fire Island,...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 15, 2021
Coming attractions?
Surely the universe owes us a better year than the last. And for Janeites who enjoy screen adaptations of their favorite author, the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 28, 2021
Goodbye at last, 2020
A year ago, I confidently predicted a 2020 filled with the usual array of Austen events: “Teas, balls, fairs, festivals, conferences,...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 31, 2020
No rom, no com
The opening credits of Modern Persuasion, which began streaming Friday on a small screen near you, scroll through a litany of actors,...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 21, 2020
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