Deborah YaffeNov 6, 2017Surveying the landscapeNearly ten years ago, Jeanne Kiefer, an Austen fan with a background in journalism and corporate surveys, conducted what is, as far as I...
Deborah YaffeJul 1, 2015Online Austen and our Internet selvesIt’s been more than two years since we fans bid a sad farewell to The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the delightful web series that recast Pride...
Deborah YaffeApr 23, 2014Better late than never. . .Squee! Only nine months late (but who’s counting?) my nine-disc, gazillion-hour edition of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries finally arrived this...
Deborah YaffeDec 30, 2013Jane Austen's 2013For someone who’s been dead since 1817, Jane Austen had a pretty good year in 2013. She was honored with a set of UK stamps, and her...
Deborah YaffeOct 9, 2013Approving of Emma Approved"Emma Approved," the new web series from the creators of "The Lizzie Bennet Diaries," launched this past Monday, airing the first of what...
Deborah YaffeAug 14, 2013Sanditon Summer: Welcome to SanditonThe Lizzie Bennet Diaries was always going to be a hard act to follow. Cleverly written and well-acted, LBD retold the story of Pride...
Deborah YaffeMay 15, 2013Welcome, SanditonWelcome to Sanditon, the new web series from the creators of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, premiered its first video Monday (with another...
Deborah YaffeMar 24, 2013The gratifications of delayed gratificationThe wild success of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, the web series updating Pride and Prejudice to contemporary California, has gotten me...
Deborah YaffeFeb 4, 2013Anniversaries and explanationsJanuary 28 marked the two hundredth anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, and predictably the occasion generated a...
