Deborah YaffeFeb 26Playing it safeEarly in the Hallmark Channel’s new adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, the recently bereaved Dashwood women stand on the front steps of...
Deborah YaffeFeb 12Not loving itA lot of Austen fans refer to our beloved author as “Jane.” I do not. Partly, that’s because I don’t want to participate in a somewhat...
Deborah YaffeFeb 5Something very shockingIn late 2022, I attended the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting, held that year in Victoria, British Columbia....
Deborah YaffeFeb 1Digital fanMy “digital fan kit” arrived the day before I was set to join the first of two online book club meetings promoting the Hallmark Channel’s...
Deborah YaffeJan 1Happy New LoveyearNew Year’s Day has its melancholy side: Tinsel shelved until next December, work on the horizon, hangover hanging on. Luckily, however,...
Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2023Jane Austen universe(s), Part IIIf you spend your days reading Jane Austen novels and consuming Jane Austen adaptations and talking to fellow Jane Austen fans and...
Deborah YaffeAug 4, 2022A surfeit of sequelsJane Austen never wrote a sequel. Among her many excellent qualities was a sure sense of when to leave well enough alone. Alas, too many...
Deborah YaffeJun 30, 2022Feeding the beastThe appetite for Jane Austen-adjacent content never seems to flag, at least in the Anglophiliac precincts of PBS. If you ate up Season...
Deborah YaffeMay 30, 2022High stakes, low stakesIn Jane Austen’s novels, the stakes of the courtship game could hardly be higher: Her heroines face irrevocable decisions that will...