"The world is overrun with manuals positively chock full of garbage advice about love and life. You could do much, much worse than a spot of guidance from Jane Austen."--"Jezebel" "What are we to learn from Austen's brand of feminism? Nothing more or less than this: that feminist ideas mean very very little in the abstract, for they still require a strategy to make them work in the world... Jane Austen needed to be a feminist in action just to be a feminist in print. We are quite free to be feminists in print, but we must follow her activist example if we are ever to be feminists in fact."--"Huffington Post" "[A] witty, brief new guide... Certainly, there is infinite wisdom to be culled from Austen."--"Flavorwire" "Ms. Murphy has done an excellent job of blending light-hearted charm with reflections on the serious business of love and life."--"AustenProse" "A new book that tears apart the myths created by toxic dating guides...Couldn't agree more."--"Evening Standard's Londoners Diary" (UK) "The key to dating in today's day and age can be summed up with one essential question: What would Jane Austen do?...Sweet and to the point, this volume makes for an enjoyable and useful read."--"Publishers Weekly" "A delightful mashup of Jane Austen and "The Rules," this modern guide to romance is pure stout-hearted charm."--Amy Dickinson, advice columnist "Ask Amy" and NPR contributor

SINeAD MURPHY is an outspoken critic and feminist. She's a professor of philosophical studies at Newcastle University and the author of "The Art Kettle."