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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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It was 20 years ago today (almost). . .
The year 1995 marked what I’ve called the Big Bang of contemporary Jane Austen fandom: Colin Firth’s wet-shirt scene in the BBC’s famous...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 15, 2015
Good news about P&P&Z?
For months, the best news I could imagine hearing about the filmed adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith’s...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 5, 2015
A date with the zombies
The movie of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has a release date! And it is. . . (drum roll, please). . . February 19, 2016! So stop me...
Deborah Yaffe
Apr 1, 2015
Whit tries Jane
Best Jane Austen news of the week (at least potentially): Shooting is about to start on director Whit Stillman’s movie of Lady Susan,...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 5, 2015
Undead at last
The time for silver-bullet and stake-through-the-heart jokes is officially over. The movie version of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies has not...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 8, 2015
Games Janeites play
It hasn’t quite been Ten Days that Rocked the Jane Austen World, but this past week or so has brought us several memorable Janeite teapot...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 24, 2014
Another Jane Austen movie?
Today's quiz question: Which Jane Austen novel does this plot summary suggest? “Ella is touring Italy with her boyfriend, unaware that...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 27, 2014
Belle arrives
I’m looking forward to seeing Belle, the new movie about the real-life, mixed-race great-niece of Lord Mansfield, the eighteenth-century...
Deborah Yaffe
May 4, 2014
Janeites and Disney fans
Jane Austen and Disney: it’s a nightmarish pairing. An adorably anthropomorphic Pug steals fabric from Mrs. Norris’ poor box to trim...
Deborah Yaffe
Mar 9, 2014
Jane Austen movies: not the same as Jane Austen books
Look, it’s fine with me if your knowledge of Jane Austen is based on the movies, not the books. No problem. I love (many of) the movies...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 19, 2013
Austenland: Just plain bad
Shannon Hale’s Austenland is not a great work of literature: it’s a mildly entertaining beach read with a cute romantic denouement. The...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 8, 2013
Waiting for Austenland
Austenland, the new movie based on Shannon Hale's novel about a Colin Firth-obsessed woman vacationing at a Regency theme park, won't...
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 4, 2013
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