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 YaffeAug 22, 2018On this day in 1796. . .Thirty-sixth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The young Jane Austen was a voracious reader. We know this...
Deborah YaffeJan 9, 2017On this day in 1796. . .Nineteenth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. If Cassandra Austen had known how much speculation would be...
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...
Deborah YaffeFeb 27, 2014Goofy Austen News; or, Any Link to Jane Will DoThere are weeks when all you hear about Jane Austen is staid, decorous stuff: the prospect of a new film adaptation, or the exhibit of a...
