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

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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 a vailable? 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.' Show more