Not quite Antiques Roadshow
The story sounds irresistible: A treasured Jane Austen first edition, inscribed more than a century earlier to an unknown young woman,...
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Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 7, 2016
Getting it wrong, again
It’s time again for one of my favorite pastimes: Making Fun of the Internet – Jane Austen Edition. Today’s episode includes two entries: ...
Deborah Yaffe
- Nov 9, 2015
How dare you?
It’s not exactly news that we Janeites feel very, very strongly about Jane Austen’s characters. Like, more strongly than we do about most...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 2, 2015
Not as happy as I deserve
Another year, another round of Let’s Misquote Jane Austen. Back in October, the last time I was overcome by irritation at the general...
Deborah Yaffe
- Dec 25, 2014
A Jane Austen Christmas
Jane Austen is famously careful about the chronology in her stories – Ellen Moody has mined the text to produce working calendars for all...
Deborah Yaffe
- Oct 20, 2014
Must stop can't stop
I really should stop. Don’t torture myself, right? Just surrender my Jane Austen Critical Faculties license, turn in my Janeite Purist...
Deborah Yaffe
- Sep 11, 2014
Another brick in the wall
Was it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 28, 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
- Nov 28, 2013
Giving thanks for Jane Austen
As a concept, gratitude is important to Jane Austen: Elizabeth feels it for Darcy when she learns what he's done for Lydia; Sir Thomas...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 27, 2013
Sex in Jane Austen
The British novelist Howard Jacobson has done us all a service by pointing out the sex in Jane Austen. Not the obvious but offstage sex:...
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