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...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 19, 2013
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
- Sep 9, 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 5, 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
- Aug 29, 2013
Sharpening my sword
The Dallas Morning News' film critic, Chris Vognar, talked with me for a column he's just published on Austen fervor and the new movie of...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 9, 2013
Can't anyone kill this beast?
Janeite news of the week is the apparent resurrection – cue undead jokes here – of the filmed version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 4, 2013
Anniversaries and explanations
January 28 marked the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, and predictably the occasion generated a...
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