Dr. Jane
It’s hardly news that Jane Austen’s prose comes in handy for recuperating patients: Her novels were famously prescribed to shell-shocked...
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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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Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 19
Inferiority complex
In 2007, Colin Firth told the London Sunday Times that he was completely unsuited to his most famous role , which he had played twelve...
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 5
High flying
The reviews are in for the latest Jane Austen-themed costume drama, and they’re raves: “Completely captivated.” “Work of genius.”...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 29
Yankee Doodle Darcy?
In the past two centuries, Jane Austen has been called many things. Her fans have called her brilliant, witty, and insightful. Her...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 13
The Shirt, unveiled
Sometimes launching a museum exhibition is a complicated process, as catalogs are researched, international loan agreements negotiated,...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 9
Growth spurt
Back in the 2010s, when I first started reading Jane Austen fanfic, the typical example of the genre was a romance novel, either Regency...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 6
Seven paragraphs to read if you want to
I should probably spend less time thinking about stupid clickbait listicles that mention Jane Austen. My mental health would improve. My...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 18
Playing around
For certain kinds of Janeites, nothing beats dressing up in Regency costume and—to paraphrase Mr. Bennet—exposing themselves in some...
Deborah Yaffe
- Apr 11
Not so historical
Jane Austen’s novels make it onto a lot of best-of lists, and I am usually happy when they do. But not last month, when both Pride and...
Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 25
Questionable inspiration?
It’s always sad when a fire severely damages a family home, and even more so when the building itself has historic or architectural...
Deborah Yaffe
- Mar 18
Welcome, Janeites!
Apparently, not everyone in the UK opposes turning their little corner of Britain into Janeite Disneyland. Earlier this month, as...
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