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Index
Cover Page
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 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
Contemporary Jane Austen
Resources
Selected Bibliography
Glossary
Acknowledgments
About the Author
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