Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners

Compliments, Charades & Horrible Blunders

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Etiquette, Guides & Handbooks, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
Cover of the book Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners by Josephine Ross, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Josephine Ross ISBN: 9781596919945
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: December 3, 2008
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Language: English
Author: Josephine Ross
ISBN: 9781596919945
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: December 3, 2008
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA
Language: English

Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners is a light-hearted, insightful handbook written as if intended for her original Regency Era readers, and illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolors. When Anna, Jane Austen's young niece, sent her a novel for ""literary comment," Jane loved everything about it, except its utter disregard for the manners of the day. The resulting and tender correspondence between the two serves as the foundation for this instructional book.

Etiquette and social behavior of the early 1800s come to life in lovely chapters teaching one on how to pay and return formal "calls," how to properly refuse a proposal of marriage, who should lead off the dancing at a country-house ball, and what to wear for a morning walk. Jane Austen used these daily customs and niceties to brilliantly illuminate the cloistered world of high society women in her timeless novels. Now with this delightful handbook of correct social behavior, readers will learn just why Mrs. Bennet of Pride and Prejudice couldn't call alone on her new, rich, bachelor neighbor and had to force the reluctant Mr. Bennet to do so...even as he uttered "Tis an etiquette I despise."

An indispensable gift for any Austen fan, this beautiful book will prove irresistible to anyone wishing to go back in time to the atmosphere of their favorite Austen novels.

Henrietta Webb is the co-creator of Bad Hair. Josephine Ross has written a number of books including, most recently, Jane Austen: A Companion, published in England by Austen's original publisher John Murray.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners is a light-hearted, insightful handbook written as if intended for her original Regency Era readers, and illustrated throughout with beautiful watercolors. When Anna, Jane Austen's young niece, sent her a novel for ""literary comment," Jane loved everything about it, except its utter disregard for the manners of the day. The resulting and tender correspondence between the two serves as the foundation for this instructional book.

Etiquette and social behavior of the early 1800s come to life in lovely chapters teaching one on how to pay and return formal "calls," how to properly refuse a proposal of marriage, who should lead off the dancing at a country-house ball, and what to wear for a morning walk. Jane Austen used these daily customs and niceties to brilliantly illuminate the cloistered world of high society women in her timeless novels. Now with this delightful handbook of correct social behavior, readers will learn just why Mrs. Bennet of Pride and Prejudice couldn't call alone on her new, rich, bachelor neighbor and had to force the reluctant Mr. Bennet to do so...even as he uttered "Tis an etiquette I despise."

An indispensable gift for any Austen fan, this beautiful book will prove irresistible to anyone wishing to go back in time to the atmosphere of their favorite Austen novels.

Henrietta Webb is the co-creator of Bad Hair. Josephine Ross has written a number of books including, most recently, Jane Austen: A Companion, published in England by Austen's original publisher John Murray.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Hello, Baby Mo! A Bloomsbury Young Reader by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book Directing Professionally by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book World War I Companion by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book The Love-charm of Bombs by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book The Spanish Temper by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book The Language of Film by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book Freedom and Force by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book The Duchess Who Wouldn't Sit Down by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book A Perfect Snow by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book The Late Voice by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book What Works? by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book That's My Book! And Other Stories by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book Fewer, Better Things by Josephine Ross
Cover of the book Legal Aid Lawyers and the Quest for Justice by Josephine Ross
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy