I really don't know. I loved the description of the young charge (arg I forget her name, the niece) with all the pink, and the way eg, Ned could tell that it was the victorian spelled "O!" when she exclaimed it. I also loved the description of the sitting room. I've never read Pride & Prejudice or Wuthering Heights or any of those. And like I said it took me a while to get into this one but I did find it very funny. It is a modern take on the historical manners I think? So it can be a bit more scathing and including modern humor. But it's not everyone's cuppa.