Comedy of Manners -
1-witty, cerebral form of dramatic comedy that depicts and often satirizes the manners and affectations of a contemporary society.
2-comedy representing and mocking the complex code of social behaviour current in fashionable circles, where appearance counts more than true moral character.
Satire
1-a literay work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.
2-trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly
Jane Austen - one of 8 children (#7), father a rector, moved to Bath after he lost his job, started writing when young on pieces of scrap paper, paid particular attention to people's mannerisms and choices, never married.
Austen has a sense of humor! She's witty and sarcastic. When reading, remember she is poking fun of people and their behaviour.
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