Deborah YaffeJun 24, 2021Sanditon, the conventionIn the past three years, Sanditon, the TV series based on Jane Austen’s last unfinished novel, has roller-coastered through a dizzying...
Deborah YaffeApr 15, 2021Cross-channel connectionsJane Austen is usually thought of as a quintessentially English writer, what with all those landed estates, rural rectories, and mannerly...
Deborah YaffeMay 12, 2019Busting Austen mythsMost Janeites don’t need to hear, yet again, that Jane Austen was not a kindly maiden aunt whose sweet, insubstantial little romance...
Deborah YaffeMar 28, 2018A pen dipped in vitriolNew this week: The latest entry in the annals of Jane Austen Bizarro World (or, to be honest, Jane Austen-Adjacent Bizarro World). Three...
Deborah YaffeJun 4, 2017Déjà vu all over againI love the British press. When it comes to Jane Austen, they can manufacture a story out of the thinnest gossamer. Even recycled...
Deborah YaffeMay 10, 2017Stealing Home?In Austen studies, originality is hard to come by. The primary sources – novels, letters, family reminiscences, unfinished work – are...
Deborah YaffeNov 4, 2013Picturing AustenPity the poor Bank of England. They had no idea what they were getting themselves into. Back in July, when the Bank announced plans to...
