The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women

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

Why use plain words to scold those nearest to you when fancier insults are available? With <em>The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women</em>, you can <strong>clap back at irritating strangers, tiresome guests, bad dates and micromanaging bosses with top-notch snipes</strong> 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: <em>'Let us have the luxury of silence.' </em>

When you colleague asks you to 'circle back': '<em>I detest jargon of every kind...' </em>

When they post filtered selfies:<em> 'Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.' </em>