Jane Austen's Guide to Romance: The Regency Rules

Jane Austen's Guide to Romance: The Regency Rules

by Lauren Henderson (Author)

Synopsis

Jane Austen's witty, perceptive and romantic novels have delighted readers for two hundred years. With clear sight, common sense and good judgment, she observed the hits and near-misses of her heroes and heroines in love. Relationships certainly haven't got any easier since then and Lauren Henderson believes that we might just have lost touch with the fundamental rules.

JANE AUSTEN'S GUIDE TO ROMANCE rights that wrong and brings Austen's Regency wisdom into the twenty-first century. This is the only relationship guide based on stories that really have stood the test of time. It's a fun, insightful book, full of concrete advice and wise strategies that illustrate how honesty, self-awareness and forthrightness do win the right man in the end and weed out the losers, playboys and toxic flirts.

Henderson deftly summarizes all the love stories in the books and introduces all the characters, so that newcomers and devotees alike can delight in this fun, fresh and audacious how-to guide.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 05 Jun 2006

ISBN 10: 0755314638
ISBN 13: 9780755314638
Book Overview: Lauren Henderson draws on all of Jane Austen's wit and wisdom to set down the ten first principles for a successful love life and finding a serious partner

Media Reviews
'There's plenty on the cauchemars of courtship in an age of commitment-phobia' * Independent *
Author Bio
Lauren Henderson was raised in London and studied English Literature at Cambridge University, where she wrote her dissertation on courtship rituals in Jane Austen. She is the author of numerous novels. She currently lives in New York.