Deborah YaffeMay 27, 2021Austen-linked fixer-upperBy now, I’m used to reading real estate listings that hype every tiniest link to Jane Austen: An oast house on a farm where her father...
Deborah YaffeDec 10, 2020Our cousins' streetMany Janeites lack an intimate familiarity with the geography of class in Regency England; we – by which I mean I – can’t tell our Edward...
Deborah YaffeOct 8, 2020Window shoppingEven before the coronavirus curtailed recreational travel, the Internet-assisted ogling of Jane Austen-adjacent real estate was one of...
Deborah YaffeJan 6, 2020Excessively fond of a cottageIf only the Austens had invested in Steventon real estate. Back in 1801, as Janeites will recall, the Rev. George Austen moved out of the...
Deborah YaffeJan 31, 2019A house in Austen countryAs regular blog readers know, I find few pursuits more enjoyable than the ogling of Jane Austen-related real estate. This week’s...
Deborah YaffeSep 6, 2018Jane Austen in HampsteadFor sale: four-bedroom, two-bathroom, 2,400-square-foot house that -- as the long-time residence of Elizabeth Jenkins, Jane Austen’s...
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 YaffeJun 22, 2017Scarlets feverThe past year has brought us a bumper crop of stories about real estate with more or less legit Austen connections. (Mostly less.) Last...
Deborah YaffeMay 25, 2017Longbourn for saleNo one reads Pride and Prejudice and dreams of living at Longbourn. The Bennet family estate, much as Mr. Collins may praise it, is so...