Deborah YaffeJan 12, 2023Alumni reunionsOver the holidays, my family settled in for a screening of that sublime romcom Notting Hill. When the movie ended (“I’m just a girl,...
Deborah YaffeNov 17, 2022Not so timelessAs regular blog readers know, among my favorite pastimes is mocking the internet for its habit of attributing quotations from screen...
Deborah YaffeNov 14, 2022PassagesThe years 1995-96 yielded a bumper crop of filmed versions of Jane Austen’s novels, designed for both big and small screens. The...
Deborah YaffeOct 17, 2022SnoozePeople who hate Jane Austen – yes, such benighted folks do exist – sometimes claim that she is so-o-o boring that she causes eyelids to...
Deborah YaffeSep 29, 2022Lucky thirteenThirty-nine years ago, during my first semester of college, I took the train from New Haven to Philadelphia to attend my first Jane...
Deborah YaffeJun 9, 2022Bonnetfest closeupIf you’re a Janeite who can’t make it to Cincinnati’s Taft Museum of Art this summer – and will therefore miss your chance for an...
Deborah YaffeMay 23, 2022Many happy returnsThe return of spring brings many pleasures. Flowers! Baby birds! And, of course, a new Jane Austen bobblehead! Back in 2020, the North...
Deborah YaffeMay 12, 2022On this day in 1801. . .Seventy-fifth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. How autobiographical is Jane Austen’s writing? Impossible...
Deborah YaffeMar 17, 2022BonnetfestA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away – in other words, in mid-2019 -- I wrote about a traveling exhibition of costumes from Jane...