Deborah YaffeNov 16, 2023Jane Austen universe(s), Part IIIf you spend your days reading Jane Austen novels and consuming Jane Austen adaptations and talking to fellow Jane Austen fans and...
Deborah YaffeJul 31, 2023Jane Austen universe(s)In the world of Jane Austen fanfic--whether on page, stage, or screen--there are, it sometimes seems, no new ideas. Jane Austen with...
Deborah YaffeJun 19, 2023Using up the leftoversBefore leaving on vacation, I always try to clean out my refrigerator—no point in coming home to sour milk and moldy vegetables. Since I...
Deborah YaffeApr 3, 2023Star attractionJane Austen has had friends in high places for a very long time. In 1815, she famously accepted an offer (one of those offers you can’t...
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 YaffeDec 14, 2015Regency improvWere I to be in London tonight – which, alas, I am not – I would snap up a ticket to see Austentatious, an acting troupe that improvises...
