Deborah YaffeMay 28, 2018Proust questionnaire for a JaneiteLast month, as blog readers will recall, a non-profit executive and Janeite with the extraordinarily appropriate name of Janet Austin was...
Deborah YaffeMay 24, 2018On this day in 1813. . .Thirty-third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Although Jane Austen was, famously, not a big fan of Bath,...
Deborah YaffeMay 17, 2018Austenland for real?Over the years, I’ve swooned about Austen-linked real estate coming up for sale or rent. Perhaps I have said things like, “If money were...
Deborah YaffeMay 14, 2018The beautiful grounds at PemberleyBy now, pretty much every Janeite in the known universe has seen the moment in the BBC’s iconic 1995 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice...
Deborah YaffeMay 10, 2018The Darwinian AustenIf only “literary Darwinism” had existed when I was in school, I might have liked science a whole lot more. Yes, according to a story on...
Deborah YaffeMay 7, 2018P&P for foodiesJane Austen’s mature novels are not, by and large, very foodie. Although important scenes occur over meals – think Mary Crawford’s...
Deborah YaffeApr 23, 2018Janeites, Janeites everywhereThese days, it’s de rigueur in some circles to think of Jane Austen as a closet lefty: subversive social satirist, anti-slavery...
Deborah YaffeFeb 26, 2018P&P on iceThe Winter Olympics are over, but not without a fleeting Jane Austen moment. Last week, as my daughter and I were sitting glued to the...
Deborah YaffeFeb 19, 2018Jane Austen tidbitsAlthough it’s been a quiet few weeks on the Austen beat, at least compared with last year’s bicentenary frenzy, a few bits of Janeite...