The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women: Serving Tea with a Side of Scorn

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Emily Reed

The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women

Serving Tea with a Side of Scorn

Emily Reed

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HARPER360
01 August 2025

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A celebration of the sharpest, wittiest, most beloved Jane Austen characters and their timeless retorts

Why use plain words to scold those nearest to you when fancier insults are available? With The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women, you can clap back at irritating strangers, tiresome guests, bad dates and micromanaging bosses with top-notch snipes from the ultimate literary genius.

Just as effective today as they were two hundred years ago, hold your head high as you deliver the following:

When they won’t stop talking: ‘Let us have the luxury of silence.’

When you colleague asks you to ‘circle back’: ‘I detest jargon of every kind…’

When they post filtered selfies: ‘Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.’

By: Emily Reed
Imprint: HARPER360
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 181mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9780008760977
ISBN 10: 0008760977
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Emily Reed is a freelance writer who often finds herself wondering 'What Would Jane Do?' in irksome social situations.