The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen

By Dominique Enright

The Wicked Wit

LITERARY CRITICISM

160 Pages, 5 x 8

Cloth, $13.95 (US $13.95) (CA $15.95)

Publication Date: September 2011

ISBN 9781843175674

Rights: US & CA

Michael O'Mara Books (Sep 2011)
Michael O'Mara

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.

Overview

An absorbing collection of Jane Austen's sharpest, most profound, and most amusing observations

An absorbing collection of Jane Austen's sharpest, most profound, and most amusing observations

"A lady without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world." —Persuasion

Featuring wry insights on human nature, money, marriage, life, and society, these inimitable quotes are taken directly from Jane Austen's novels as well as her highly entertaining personal letters. They are accessible, thematically organized, and elegantly decorated, ensuring that this wonderful and witty volume will delight every Austen devotee.

Reviews

"While I’m not a die-hard Jane Austen fan, I’m quickly becoming one with this book and it's making me more interested in her novels just by reading it." —The Write Stuff

Author Biography

Dominique Enright is the author of numerous books, including The Boys' Book, Pocket Poets Keats, Pocket Poets Kipling, The Wicked Wit of William Shakespeare, The Wicket Wit of Winston Churchill, and The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen.

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