Wicked Wit of Jane Austen

by Dominique Enright

• ISBN13: 9781854796523
• ISBN10: 1854796526
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-02
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Summary

Dominique Enright brings together some of Austen's most famous sayings withome less well-known witticisms.

Author Biography

Dominique Enright is a freelance writer and editor

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
In a Manner Truly Heroick: Early Exuberances	p. 19
A Great Deal of It Must be Invention: History	p. 31
Another Stupid Party: Balls, Gowns and Other Fashions	p. 37
In a Fine Burst of Literary Enthusiasm: Books and Writing	p. 51
The Rich are Always Respectable	p. 71
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: The Marriage Market	p. 77
The Nature of their Attachments: Men and Women	p. 89
Jane Austen in Love--and Not	p. 97
A Neighbourhood of Voluntary Spies	p. 105
Vanity Working on a Weak Head: The Absurdity of Self-Regard and Affectation	p. 115
The Dissipations of London, the Luxuries of Bath	p. 125
A Fine Family	p. 131
Of Sterling Insignificance	p. 141
One Half Cannot Understand the Other: Observations General and Particular	p. 147
I am a Very Good Housekeeper	p. 157
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