Adaptations 16/23

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

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 31, 2018

Never too much Jane

Sometimes it feels as if only die-hard Janeites are still thinking about Jane Austen. And other times – like these past few weeks --...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 28, 2018

Janeite Christmas at Hallmark

They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. So perhaps the...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 3, 2018

Emma, live and on film

Musical theater is an expensive art form, and fans on a budget – or those who live far from the major cities where original productions...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 2, 2018

Still trending

Only two months ago, I announced that second-order Austen adaptations -- adaptations of adaptations of Austen novels -- were now...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 29, 2018

Unpersuaded

Pride and Prejudice isn’t just Jane Austen’s most famous and popular novel. Of all her stories, it’s also the best suited to modern-dress...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 15, 2018

Austen karaoke

Recently – OK, it was two weeks ago – I found occasion to mention an old journalists’ joke: that three examples of a phenomenon...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 11, 2018

Davies does Sanditon

For the Jane Austen world, it qualifies as blockbuster news: Revered screenwriter Andrew Davies, the man behind the iconic 1995 BBC...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 1, 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 3, 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 20, 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 16, 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

Apr 15, 2018

Emma, the (latest) musical

Good news for those of us who can never get enough Jane Austen adaptations: Apparently, theater professionals in London and New York are...