Deborah YaffeJun 27That trailerDuring an overseas visit earlier this month, I was too swamped with family business to follow the news with my usual attention. This...
Deborah YaffeMay 26AustenTokIf you’ve ever wondered whether the shortening of our collective attention span spells doom for the appreciation of Jane Austen's...
Deborah YaffeFeb 14Persuasion, with soapAs Valentine’s Day dawns, all across the Netflix-speaking Janeite world, we are waiting impatiently for the new film adaptation of Jane...
Deborah YaffeJan 31Jane all aroundJane Austen turns up in the most unexpected places, doesn’t she? Here’s where she’s been in the past week: --Jane Austen and true crime:...
Deborah YaffeJan 3On this day in 1801. . . Seventy-first in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Moving out of one house and into another is a stressful,...
Deborah YaffeOct 21, 2021Failure to persuade“You can never have too much Persuasion,” I opined three months ago, as each day seemed to bring a new announcement of a forthcoming...
Deborah YaffeJul 29, 2021Even more persuadableLast week, I reported on proliferating Persuasion adaptations – a straight-to-streaming update that aired last December, two period...
Deborah YaffeJul 22, 2021Persuasion everywherePersuasion is having quite a year. Last December, a charmless modern update called Modern Persuasion – the dull, on-the-nose title gave...
Deborah YaffeJun 28, 2021On locationWe adaptation-loving Janeites have grown used to disappointment. Remember the feature film of Sanditon, starring Charlotte Rampling as...
Deborah YaffeJun 10, 2021Party like. . . Five years ago, in a blog post headlined “Party like it’s 1995,” I heralded a forthcoming spate of filmed Jane Austen adaptations – a...
Deborah YaffeMay 20, 2021Clueless no moreLast month, we Janeites felt a tad confused -- dare I say clueless? -- when Netflix and MRC Entertainment announced plans to produce a...
Deborah YaffeMay 3, 2021Fifty Shades of AnneYears ago, when the Harper Collins Austen Project was announcing which contemporary authors would undertake its modernizations of Austen...