Deborah YaffeJun 10, 2019Influences“Can a book change the course of your life?” asks the cover headline on the latest issue of my college alumni magazine. Inside, seventeen...
Deborah YaffeMay 30, 2019Weird AustenSometimes, the Jane Austen mentions you find on the internet are seriously stupid. Other times, they’re just seriously weird. This month,...
Deborah YaffeMay 23, 2019Eye candyTo a reader, books are an essential feature of any home. A concept taken rather literally by Dutch artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed,...
Deborah YaffeMay 20, 2019Mistakes, misquotes, misunderstandingsToday on “Making Fun of the Internet,” a roundup of the latest Jane Austen-related stupid stuff that has crossed my cyber-transom...
Deborah YaffeApr 1, 2019CliffsNotes for kiddiesI am all in favor of introducing young people to great literature, even great literature they are probably too young to fully appreciate....
Deborah YaffeMar 18, 2019Eternally Mr. DarcyPity poor Colin Firth. His IMDB page lists more than seventy-five film and TV credits in a career stretching back thirty-five years, and...
Deborah YaffeMar 7, 2019Getting it wrongJane Austen, it seems safe to say, is one of the most famous writers who ever lived, especially in English-speaking countries. Yet out...
Deborah YaffeFeb 25, 2019BewitchedAmong Janeites, the 2005 film of Pride and Prejudice is . . . controversial. Purists, especially those old enough to have seen an...
Deborah YaffeFeb 18, 2019What's your name again?It’s always enjoyable when the mass media provide opportunities for us Janeites to snark about everyone else’s Austen ignorance. Today’s...