Deborah YaffeOct 14, 2019Second bananasWe Janeites may love Austen’s heroes and heroines, but it’s her secondary characters who make us laugh out loud. Fanny Dashwood’s...
Deborah YaffeSep 23, 2019A Jane Austen Christmas mysterySee that headline? The one right above this blog post? I’m kind of proud of it. Doesn’t it totally sound like it could be the title of a...
Deborah YaffeSep 19, 2019By the seasideA few weeks ago, as ITV began airing a much-hyped miniseries based on Sanditon, the seaside novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her...
Deborah YaffeSep 5, 2019Hunting for Easter eggsTwo episodes of the much-hyped TV adaptation of Sanditon, the novel Jane Austen left unfinished at her death, have aired in Britain over...
Deborah YaffeAug 22, 2019Seaside publicityFor the past week or so, barely a day has passed without a story in the British press about the forthcoming eight-part television...
Deborah YaffeAug 5, 2019Water, water everywhereIt’s been a wet week for Janeites. Last Monday, we were treated to the first trailer for Sanditon, the forthcoming ITV-PBS adaptation of...
Deborah YaffeJul 29, 2019Greatest Hits, Part IThe Emmy nominations were announced recently, and all the brouhaha over Game of Thrones et al. has left me hankering to award some prizes...
Deborah YaffeJun 27, 2019Fragments of news, news about fragmentsThe Janeite word of the moment, it would appear, is “fragment.” * Last week, Jane Austen’s House Museum launched an urgent appeal for...
Deborah YaffeJun 3, 2019Starring Mrs. BennetBy now, contemporary updates of Pride and Prejudice are legion. On the page, we’ve had P&Ps set in the worlds of lawyers, rock stars,...