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

<p><strong>A celebration of the sharpest, wittiest, most beloved Jane Austen characters and their timeless retorts</strong></p> <br> <p>Why use plain words to scold those nearest to you when fancier insults are available? With The Jane Austen Insult Guide for Well-Bred Women, 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.</p> <p>Just as effective today as they were two hundred years ago, hold your head high as you deliver the following:</p> <p>When they won’t stop talking: ‘Let us have the luxury of silence.’</p> <p>When you colleague asks you to ‘circle back’: ‘I detest jargon of every kind…’</p> <p>When they post filtered selfies: ‘Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked.’</p>