GOOD MANNERS MAKETH MAN AND WOMAN
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Henrietta Webb has written a witty guide to the social mores of JaneAusten`s England - good manners, breeding, the occasional faux pas, wealth and position all play a part in the rich tapestry of Henrietta`s scholarly dissection of English life as seen through the prism of Jane Austin`s elegent prose. An excellent present for your favourite aunt or uncle.
Mick Drake author of the comic novel All`s Well at Wellwithoute.
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Of inestimable utility to Mr. Salteena in his pursuit of Ethel Monticue
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Josephine Ross has had the good idea of establishing a particular code of polite conduct and intercourse from the novels and the letters of Jane Austen to her niece. Although in the social circles where it applied it was facilitated by a much stronger sense of hierarchy than exists today, it eased the path of acquaintance, prevented unfortunate mal entendus, and arguably allowed for a much more genuine expression of affection or dislike than is possible in our egalitarian, demotic era. It was certainly far less mechanical or hypocritical than it became when ritualised for the emerging middle classes at the zenith of Edwardian mores. As always elegantly written, amusing and perceptive, this book is wonderfully enhanced by the delicate charm of Henrietta Webb's very witty coloured illustrations.
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