The wicked wit of Jane Austen
By: compiled, edited, and introduced by Dominique Enright
Contributors: Enright, Dominique
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781606711200
Subjects: Quotations; Humor
Notes: "This edition is published by MJF Books in arrangement with Michael O'Mara Books Limited"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A note on the novels; title: Dramatis personae; title: In a manner truly heroick: early  exuberances; title: A great deal of it must be invention: history; title: Another stupid party: balls, gowns and other fashions; title: In a fine burst of literary enthusiasm: books and writing; title: The rich are always respectable; title: A truth universally acknowledged: the marriage market; title: The nature of their attachments: men and women; title: Jane Austen in love - and not; title: A neighbourhood of voluntary spies: friends and acquaintances; title: Vanity working on a weak head: affectation and arrogance; title: The dissipations of London, the luxuries of Bath; title: A fine family; title: One half cannot understand the other: observations general and particular; title: I am a very good housekeeper; title: Works by Jane Austen.