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Title: Jane Austen's Guide to Good Manners: Compliments, Charades & Horrible Blunders
ISBN: 159691274X
Author:
Josephine Ross
Publicate Date: 2006-10-03
Publish: 2006-10-03
List Price: $14.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Terrific
Light, humorous and indispensable. This is also a beautiful book, made with care. It's as much a pleasure to hold as it is to read. Concise, to the point, you can find whatever you need regarding social matters within a minute or so. Highly recommended.
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2: Lots of Fun
As a Jane Austen fan I got a kick out of this book. It can be picked up and read when you have a minute or an entire evening.
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3: Beautifully Presented
Not only is the content of this guide insightful, witty and fun, the presentation is just wonderful. It is a slightly small book, hardcover, with a cover jacket (as pictured), as well as a string bookmark. The watercolours throughout are delightful, and add to the content.
The excerpts from Austen's letters add to the information being presented, as well as illustrative examples from her novels. This guide helped to explain some of the finer points and traditions featured throughout the novels.
A very handsome looking book with impressive content.
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4: Great book for the Regency Period
This book is great if you are interested in etiquette, dress and marriage - Regency style. The book enlightened me on several things like - if I would refuse to dance with a man when he asked me, I would have to sit out two dances - if he found another partner. If he did not find another partner, I could not dance the rest of the night! It incorporates the characters of Jane Austen - why they did what they did, or why they didn't. Great book to have! I've shared it with all of my friends!
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5: Wonderful little accompaniment to Jane's novels.
This is a wonderful addition to the Jane Austen enthusiest's library. It explains the etiquette and lifestyle of the time, using scriptures from the novels themselves as examples. At the time I bought this, I had only just seen the Pride & Prejudice movie. I had yet to read the novel. I found myself wondering why Elizabeth Bennet was so upset by her sister's elopement. This small companion does such a good job of explaining this and much more. Now I can pick up on many more things in the movie that I missed before that give it more meaning- All the little manners and behaviors that have been forgotten over the years are concisely laid out here, in this tiny book.
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