Deborah YaffeSep 21, 2017The factory at workThe Jane Austen adaptation factory never seems to stop churning out fresh material. By now, the proliferating combinations and...
Deborah YaffeAug 14, 2017Remaking an iconUnless you’ve spent the past week entirely absorbed in stocking your fallout shelter with canned goods, you’ve probably heard that a...
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...
Deborah YaffeFeb 13, 2017Dweeby DarcyEdward IV, who reigned as king of England for most of the period from 1461-1483, was described by contemporaries as an unusually handsome...
Deborah YaffeSep 22, 2016Janeite demigod turns 80Screenwriter Andrew Davies, who turned 80 this past Tuesday, is a Janeite demigod, the man who brought us not only the beloved 1995...
Deborah YaffeFeb 11, 2016Party like it's 1995You remember 1995, right? The beginning of that halcyon eighteen-month stretch during which six Jane Austen film adaptations, ranging in...
Deborah YaffeJan 28, 2016The Austen Catch-Up Project: AustentatiousIn 1913, Sybil G. Brinton, the thirty-eight-year-old daughter of a wealthy carpet manufacturer from Worcestershire, England, published...
Deborah YaffeJan 25, 2016Re-leash Mr. Darcy, pleaseThe life of a Jane Austen video completist is not easy. Yes, it’s true that in the service of her mission – to see and, ideally, to own...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2016Popcorn time for JaneitesWe Janeites fondly remember the years 1995-1997, when no fewer than six Austen adaptations hit the big screen in the US. The next few...