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...
Deborah YaffeOct 20, 2014Must stop can't stopI really should stop. Don’t torture myself, right? Just surrender my Jane Austen Critical Faculties license, turn in my Janeite Purist...
Deborah YaffeSep 11, 2014Another brick in the wallWas it just last month that I was pointing out the folly of banging my head against the brick wall of inaccurate Austen quotation? Yes,...
Deborah YaffeAug 14, 2014Manga LizzyThe Japanese seem to be fond of Jane Austen – there is a Jane Austen Society of Japan, a Japanese scholar spoke at one of the Jane Austen...
Deborah YaffeJun 16, 2014Ready for Lizzy?Janeites come in all political flavors, and I have no desire to split our cheerful community along partisan lines. But I hope we can all...
Deborah YaffeJun 12, 2014Highlighting the highlightedMore fun with data! A bright young reporter decided to mine the little-known trove of info that is Amazon’s list of the passages most...
Deborah YaffeMay 29, 2014JA makes the cutA flurry of excitement in the British press over the release of new curricular guidelines for the UK’s English literature exams for high...