Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners: Compliments, Charades and Horrible Blunders

ISBN-13: 9781408803813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 144 str.

Henrietta Webb;Josephine Ross

Opis

Describing how to pay and return formal 'calls', how to refuse a proposal of marriage and what to wear for a morning walk, this book explores and deals with social niceties, as described in the novels of Jane Austen.

Recenzje

'Charming guide to period etiquette and social niceties' Financial Times Book of the Year

O autorze

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