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Deborah Yaffe

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Freelance journalist, Jane Austen fan, and author of two books, including Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom. New blog posts on Mondays and Thursdays at www.deborahyaffe.com

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jan 3

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Freelance journalist Deborah Yaffe is the author of Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom. Learn more at www.deborahyaffe.com

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TikTok's latest #JaneAusten-themed trend.
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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 5d

#JaneAusten's jaundiced views on childbirth.
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On this day in 1808. . .

One hundred and fourth in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Jane Austen, it seems, took a rather jaundiced view of the frequent childbearing that characterized Regency marri...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 9d

A theatrical update of #JaneAusten's Emma, set in a very different social world.
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Essex Emma

Novelists haven’t been shy about updating Emma to various walks of contemporary life: We’ve had queer teen Emma, hetero teen Emma, Upper-East-Side-of-New-York Emma, successful-marketing-exec Emma, an...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 12d

An upcoming auction features rare #JaneAusten treasures.
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In Jane Austen's handwriting

Physical copies of Jane Austen’s letters are rare commodities. Of the 160 letters whose text we have, seven are known only from copies made by relatives, and the whereabouts of another seventeen are u...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 16d

Work on the new Netflix adaptation of #JaneAusten's #PrideAndPrejudice seems to be coming along nicely.
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Then and now

The new Netflix adaptation of Pride and Prejudice seems to be coming along nicely: Press outlets in the UK have breathlessly reported on filming occurring in at least three different locations over th...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 20d

Saying goodbye to a consummate #Janeite.
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Rest in peace, Editrix

I can’t remember when I first read AustenBlog, Maggie Sullivan’s indispensable guide to early-twenty-first-century Jane Austen fandom. I missed the moment in July of 2004 when Maggie launched her site...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 22d

#JaneAusten's least favorite name, in a letter written 229 years ago.
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On this day in 1796. . .

One hundred and third in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. Every family has its private jokes: incomprehensible to outsiders; not necessarily all that funny, objectively spe...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · 27d

Amid the many events celebrating #JaneAusten's 250th birthday, a few designed for people who Just Want To (Re)Read The Books.
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Ready, set, read

Amid all the concerts, exhibits, tea parties, balls, walking tours, screen adaptations, and souvenir merch celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, it’s refreshing to run across the o...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Autumn treats for #JaneAusten fans in the UK.
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Seasonable

Autumn is a lovely season in England—cue the Keats: “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”--and for Janeites, this fall offers some special 250th anniversary treats: * Hampshire, Jane Austen’s home...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Sep 4

A New Jersey #Janeite launches a #JaneAusten -themed pop-up bookstore.
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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Sep 1

Did Cassandra Austen really destroy most of Jane Austen's letters?
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Who's counting?

It’s fair to say that Jane Austen was a prolific letter-writer. Deirdre Le Faye, who edited the standard edition of Austen’s correspondence, once reckoned that in her 41 years of life, Austen wrote so...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 28

New #JaneAusten-themed adaptations, with juicy parts for older women.
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Coming of age

Say this for Jane Austen: She’s an inexhaustible source of roles for actresses who have aged out of the film industry’s ingenue straitjacket. Or so we might conclude from some recent casting news: * O...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yet more ways to experience #JaneAusten's #PrideAndPrejudice. www.deborahyaffe.com/post/second-...

Second springs

The inexhaustible well of creative inspiration that is Pride and Prejudice looks to be bubbling over once again. Whether you prefer to consume your P&P via video or audio, faithful adaptation or slant...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 21

A World War I-era mystery with a #JaneAusten connection.
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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 18

Three UK exhibits to mark #JaneAusten's 250th birthday.
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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 14

#JaneAusten-linked real estate on the market.
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For sale

Few pastimes give me as much pleasure as the ogling of unaffordable real estate. It’s a bonus when said real estate has Jane Austen connections, as do two properties that came on the market recently: ...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 7

An upcoming Zoom course linked to the Morgan Library's #JaneAusten exhibit.
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Jane on Zoom

Those of us who live within striking distance of New York City have another five weeks in which to catch the Morgan Library & Museum’s much-praised exhibit “A Lively Mind: Jane Austen at 250.” (I’m pl...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Aug 4

#JaneAusten and the best movies of the 21st century (so far).
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Girls on film

Three-quarters of the twenty-first century lies ahead of us, but already the New York Times is hard at work on clickbait Best of the Century lists—most recently, "The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Centu...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jul 31

A new adaptation of #JaneAusten's #PrideAndPrejudice plans to stay dry.
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Soaked and sodden

In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, no one gets wet, except for poor Jane Bennet, soaked (offstage) while riding to Netherfield in a rainstorm. This marked absence of moisture has not discoura...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jul 28

A plethora of toys for #Janeites nostalgic for their youth.
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Janeite fun for all ages

Although Jane Austen didn’t write for children, many Janeites discover Austen during their tween or teen years, around the age when bookish young ‘uns start outgrowing kiddie lit. Perhaps that’s why t...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jul 24

Another new #JaneAusten adaptation, right on schedule.
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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jul 21

Visiting the place where #JaneAusten died.
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Gifts

My husband was sure there would be no gift shop at 8 College Street, the Winchester house where Jane Austen died, and which opened to the public for the first time this summer. Surely, he argued, it w...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jul 15

The travails of living in #JaneAusten's house.
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Living with a legend

Jane Austen’s House, the museum also known as Chawton cottage, is the most hallowed spot in Austen fandom: the place Jane Austen lived for her mostly happy last eight years, and the place from which, ...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jun 26

#JaneAusten fans of all types, not to mention species.
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Everyone's a fan

Discovering a fellow Janeite can be a bittersweet experience. Sometimes it’s the delightful reassurance that you’re not alone in your enthusiasms. And sometimes it’s the problematic revelation that yo...

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Deborah Yaffe @deborahyaffe.bsky.social · Jun 23

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The publication saga of a letter #JaneAusten wrote to her niece 209 years ago today.
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On this day in 1816. . .

One hundred and second in an occasional series of excerpts from Jane Austen's letters. The letter Jane Austen wrote to her 23-year-old niece Anna Lefroy exactly 209 years ago today isn’t especially re...