Deborah Yaffe4 days agoThrillerAre you feeling sad that you won’t be able to join the Jane Austen 250th Birthday festivities in England next year? Fear not! You can...
Deborah YaffeOct 21New materialIn case you feared running short of new Jane Austen-themed television, you can stop worrying: No fewer than three Austenian adaptations...
Deborah YaffeJan 11Miss Austen, sans regretsNever let it be said that I allowed my excitement--nay, my sheer giddy fervor!--over the Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Jane Austen month to...
Deborah YaffeJul 27, 2023Summer funChawton House, the Elizabethan mansion in Hampshire, England, once owned by Jane Austen’s brother Edward Austen Knight, has had a busy...
Deborah YaffeJul 11, 2022Janeites in conversation“It is such a happiness when good people get together--and they always do,” Miss Bates exults in chapter 21 of Emma. In context, she is...
Deborah YaffeJun 30, 2022Feeding the beastThe appetite for Jane Austen-adjacent content never seems to flag, at least in the Anglophiliac precincts of PBS. If you ate up Season...
Deborah YaffeFeb 10, 2020Miss Austen disposesAnother day, another Jane Austen event I wish I could attend. Tomorrow, Gill Hornby, whose new novel Miss Austen explores the...
Deborah YaffeOct 31, 2018Never too much JaneSometimes it feels as if only die-hard Janeites are still thinking about Jane Austen. And other times – like these past few weeks --...
