The Jane Austen Romance Guide for Well-bred Women
Spotting Red Flags From Across the Ballroom
St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · December 30, 2025
No one knows red flags like Jane Austen!
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- Who it’s for
- Austen's portrayals of courtship and marriage offer lessons for modern relationships.
- Genres
- Men, Women & Relationships, Art & Literature Humor
- Published
- St. Martin's Press, December 30, 2025
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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.
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“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.”
Austen on Courtship
Austen's portrayals of courtship and marriage offer lessons for modern relationships.
Come here for
- Warnings about pretty faces
- Advice on avoiding meddling relations
Expect
- Wry quotations on courtship
Where it sits
| Men, Women & Relationships | 57% |
|---|---|
| Art & Literature Humor | 53% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art & Literature Humor
- Women in Literature
- Authors
- Emily Reed
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- December 30, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Art & Literature Humor