Deborah YaffeOct 23, 2014Death comes to PBSJust because I didn't much like Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James' 2011 murder-mystery sequel to Pride and Prejudice -- and, like so...
Deborah YaffeAug 25, 2014Pet Austen Peeve #83: Movie Quotes Aren't Book QuotesI suppose I should just stop banging my head against the same old brick wall. But really: if you’re going to go to the trouble of...
Deborah YaffeMar 31, 2014Austen on the (Indian) small screenMore international Jane Austen: an Indian TV channel is launching a show “based loosely” on Sense and Sensibility. (Not to be confused, I...
Deborah YaffeMar 20, 2014Darcy in LilliputWhen a twelve-foot-high fiberglass statue of wet-shirt-Darcy was erected in a famed London lake last summer, it seemed the apotheosis of...
Deborah YaffeDec 23, 2013Christmas AnglophiliaI don’t think I’m really an Anglophile – although it’s true that, if money were no object, I would certainly retire to a charming...
Deborah YaffeDec 19, 2013Jane Austen movies: not the same as Jane Austen booksLook, it’s fine with me if your knowledge of Jane Austen is based on the movies, not the books. No problem. I love (many of) the movies...
Deborah YaffeMay 30, 2013Back to PemberleyI suppose it was inevitable that Death Comes to Pemberley, P.D. James’ 2011 murder-mystery-cum-Pride-and-Prejudice-sequel, was headed for...