Davies does Sanditon
For the Jane Austen world, it qualifies as blockbuster news: Revered screenwriter Andrew Davies, the man behind the iconic 1995 BBC...
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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Deborah Yaffe
- Jul 2, 2018
Trend-spotting
We journalists like to joke that once you have three examples of something – avocado toast! Suburban sex-toy parties! -- you can write a...
Deborah Yaffe
- Jun 4, 2018
Another dog
Every now and again, along comes a Jane Austen adaptation, spinoff, or fanfic that, in its wishful thinking and reassuring punch-pulling,...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 21, 2018
Time for a mental health day
It’s been quite a while since I last discussed the unfortunate phenomenon of faux-Jane Austen quotes, usually originating in Jane Austen...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 17, 2018
Austenland 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 Yaffe
- Mar 12, 2018
Off the leash again
The definitive screen adaptation of Mansfield Park has yet to be made. We’re still waiting for the first full-length movie of Sanditon,...
Deborah Yaffe
- Sep 21, 2017
The factory at work
The Jane Austen adaptation factory never seems to stop churning out fresh material. By now, the proliferating combinations and...
Deborah Yaffe
- Aug 14, 2017
Remaking an icon
Unless you’ve spent the past week entirely absorbed in stocking your fallout shelter with canned goods, you’ve probably heard that a...
Deborah Yaffe
- May 25, 2017
Longbourn for sale
No one reads Pride and Prejudice and dreams of living at Longbourn. The Bennet family estate, much as Mr. Collins may praise it, is so...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 13, 2017
Dweeby Darcy
Edward IV, who reigned as king of England for most of the period from 1461-1483, was described by contemporaries as an unusually handsome...
Deborah Yaffe
- Sep 22, 2016
Janeite demigod turns 80
Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who turned 80 this past Tuesday, is a Janeite demigod, the man who brought us not only the beloved 1995...
Deborah Yaffe
- Feb 11, 2016
Party like it's 1995
You remember 1995, right? The beginning of that halcyon eighteen-month stretch during which six Jane Austen film adaptations, ranging in...
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