The Jane Austen Handbook by Sullivan, Margaret -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Section I: Jane Austen’s World & Welcome to It

How to Become an Accomplished Lady How to Identify “The Quality” How to Ensure a Good Yearly Income How to Provide for Your Daughters & Younger Sons How to Spend Each Season How to Write a Letter

How to Be a Good Correspondent

How to Get Around How to Ride Sidesaddle

Section II: A Quick Succession of Busy Nothings; or, Everyday Activities

How to Keep House How to Plan a Dinner Party How to Improve Your Estate How to Raise Your Children How to Become Known as a Valuable Neighbor How to Treat the Sick How a Lady Might Spend Her Leisure Time How a Lady Might Earn a Living (If Necessary) How to Dress How to Buy Clothing

Section III: Making Love

How to Choose a Prospective Husband How to Indicate Interest in a Gentleman Without Seeming Forward How to Marry Off Your Daughter How to Decline an Unwanted Proposal of Marriage How to Carry on a Secret Engagement How to Get Him Back After You Have Quarreled How to Be a Bride How to Elope to Scotland

Section IV: The Best Company; or, Social Gatherings

How to Pay a Morning Call How to Behave at a Dinner Party How to Play at Cards How to Attend a Ball How to Avoid Dancing With an Undesirable Partner How to Converse With Your Dancing Partner How to get an Invitation to a Country House Party How to Get Rid of Unwanted Guests How to Celebrate Christmas in a Country House

Appendix

A Short Biography of Jane Austen Jane Austen’s Novels

Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion Other Works by Jane Austen

Contemporary Jane Austen

Film Adaptations Sequels, Retellings, and Other Paraliterature

Resources Selected Bibliography Glossary Acknowledgments About the Author