Deborah YaffeAug 27, 2015Austen after AfterMy philosophy of youthful reading can be summed up in three words: It’s all good. Comic books, novelizations of TV shows, futuristic...
Deborah YaffeJul 23, 2015Gone fishin'I interrupt this week’s blogging to take a short vacation. Luckily, Jane Austen – in the person of Elizabeth Bennet -- had something to...
Deborah YaffeJul 2, 2015Online Austen and our Internet selvesIt’s been more than two years since we fans bid a sad farewell to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the delightful web series that recast Pride...
Deborah YaffeApr 30, 2015Mr. Darcy revealed! (Or not)Another day, another Mr. Darcy. Over the years, various ambitious authors and breathless journalists have informed us of their amazing...
Deborah YaffeApr 16, 2015The Austen Fiasco?Halfway to the finish line, the Austen Project is looking increasingly like the Austen Fiasco. The Austen Project, as you may recall, is...
Deborah YaffeApr 6, 2015Calling all Austen nerdsGiven the attention lavished on filmed Jane Austen adaptations in the past twenty years, it was probably inevitable that, amid this...
Deborah YaffeMar 12, 2015Mr. Darcy, slave trader?“Jane Austen’s Mr. Darcy made his fortune from slavery”! “Romantic hero profited from the misery of others”! So scream this week’s...
Deborah YaffeMar 2, 2015Winnie, Lizzy, and CamillaElizabeth Bennet – vivacious, witty, charming and good-hearted – has many fans. Add to the list Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wife of...
Deborah YaffeFeb 12, 2015Fifty Shades of JaneBy now, you may have heard that the filmed adaptation of a pop-culture work with a legion of breathless fans is coming to a multiplex...
Deborah YaffeNov 13, 2014Pemberley for saleOgling unattainable real estate is one of life’s great pleasures, and the mother of all real estate ogling is upon us now: Wentworth...
Deborah YaffeNov 10, 2014Darcy the one-tenth-of-one-percenterA fascinating column in a recent edition of the Financial Times’ FT Magazine uses the income data in Pride and Prejudice to illustrate a...
Deborah YaffeOct 30, 2014Trekkies in bonnetsAre Janeites just Trekkies in bonnets? We Austen fans are used to the Trekkie comparison, which often serves as a shorthand way to...