Deborah YaffeJan 1Happy New LoveyearNew Year’s Day has its melancholy side: Tinsel shelved until next December, work on the horizon, hangover hanging on. Luckily, however,...
Deborah YaffeAug 4, 2022A surfeit of sequelsJane Austen never wrote a sequel. Among her many excellent qualities was a sure sense of when to leave well enough alone. Alas, too many...
Deborah YaffeJul 1, 2018Trend-spottingWe journalists like to joke that once you have three examples of something – avocado toast! Suburban sex-toy parties! -- you can write a...
Deborah YaffeJun 3, 2018Another dogEvery now and again, along comes a Jane Austen adaptation, spinoff, or fanfic that, in its wishful thinking and reassuring punch-pulling,...
Deborah YaffeMar 11, 2018Off the leash againThe definitive screen adaptation of Mansfield Park has yet to be made. We’re still waiting for the first full-length movie of Sanditon,...
Deborah YaffeFeb 11, 2016Party like it's 1995You remember 1995, right? The beginning of that halcyon eighteen-month stretch during which six Jane Austen film adaptations, ranging in...
Deborah YaffeJan 25, 2016Re-leash Mr. Darcy, pleaseThe life of a Jane Austen video completist is not easy. Yes, it’s true that in the service of her mission – to see and, ideally, to own...
Deborah YaffeJan 18, 2016Popcorn time for JaneitesWe Janeites fondly remember the years 1995-1997, when no fewer than six Austen adaptations hit the big screen in the US. The next few...
