
The Jane Austen Romance Guide For Well-bred Women
Spotting Red Flags from Across the Ballroom
by Emily Reed
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160
Dec 2025
Hardback
St. Martin's Press
9781250420909
No one knows red flags like Jane Austen!
Why settle for mediocre dating advice when you can consult the queen of the meet-cute? With The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-Bred Women, you can effortlessly dispense with rakes, avoid boring suitors,
evade meddling relations, and raise the bar for love like a proper regency-era heroine. Austen's wryly relatable portrayals of courtship and marriage offer timeless lessons for modern relationships:
Don't be fooled by a pretty face. "Varnish and gilding hide many stains."
Let the trash take itself out. "They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again."
Leave them speechless. "If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."



