top of page
Journalist and author
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
Search
Sightings
One of the occupational hazards of Janeite life is a heightened sensitivity to every mention of Jane Austen, no matter the context....
Deborah Yaffe
Sep 13, 2018
P&P on the block
Once again, it’s time to play “If I Were a Rich Janeite.” (Cue klezmer music.) The British auctioneer Bonhams has announced that, later...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 30, 2018
International (mis)understanding
With their film adaptations and their fanfics and their Austen societies, residents of the Indian subcontinent seem to love Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
Aug 2, 2018
Tiara time again
It’s been almost four years since we had a reason to put “Jane Austen” and “beauty pageant” in the same sentence. Frankly, we were...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 19, 2018
Graphing the plot
Back in high school, I did reasonably well in math. I may have trouble balancing my checkbook these days, but I promise I’m not one of...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 25, 2018
On this day in 1799. . .
Thirty-fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The story of Jane Austen fandom has been told more than...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 11, 2018
Proust questionnaire for a Janeite
Last month, as blog readers will recall, a non-profit executive and Janeite with the extraordinarily appropriate name of Janet Austin was...
Deborah Yaffe
May 28, 2018
On 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 Yaffe
May 24, 2018
Austenland 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 Yaffe
May 17, 2018
The beautiful grounds at Pemberley
By 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 Yaffe
May 14, 2018
The Darwinian Austen
If 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 Yaffe
May 10, 2018
P&P for foodies
Jane Austen’s mature novels are not, by and large, very foodie. Although important scenes occur over meals – think Mary Crawford’s...
Deborah Yaffe
May 7, 2018
bottom of page