Deborah YaffeDec 28, 2023On this day in 1808. . .Ninetieth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen had six brothers, but one of them—George, the...
Deborah YaffeJan 30, 2023Tom Lefroy, commitment-phobe?Consider the term “fuckboy”: --“A womanizer; a young man who sleeps with women without any intention of having a relationship with them ....
Deborah YaffeMar 22, 2020RestraintI like to think that I do not “rant” about Jane Austen-related error. I merely point it out, in a snarky yet restrained way. At times, it...
Deborah YaffeMay 12, 2019Busting Austen mythsMost Janeites don’t need to hear, yet again, that Jane Austen was not a kindly maiden aunt whose sweet, insubstantial little romance...
Deborah YaffeJan 10, 2019A tourist in BathLast Thursday, James McAvoy, the excellent Scottish actor who played Jane Austen’s crush Tom Lefroy in the 2007 film Becoming Jane, paid...
Deborah YaffeAug 19, 2015That sinking feeling“Jane Austen fans rejoice,” commands the Hollywood business website The Tracking Board. “Voltage Pictures is moving forward with a new...
