Lady Susan (Annotated)

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Author: Jane Austen ISBN: 1230000292291
Publisher: Bronson Tweed Publishing Publication: January 19, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 1230000292291
Publisher: Bronson Tweed Publishing
Publication: January 19, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English


Lady Susan is a short epistolary book by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871.
This epistolary book, an early complete work that the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the main character—the widowed Lady Susan—as she seeks a new husband for herself and one for her daughter. Although the theme, together with the focus on character study and moral issues, is close to Austen's published work (Sense and Sensibility was also originally written in the epistolary form), its outlook is very different, and the heroine has few parallels in 19th-century literature. Lady Susan is a selfish, unscrupulous and scheming woman, highly attractive to men, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. She subverts all the standards of the romantic novel: she has an active role, she is not only beautiful but intelligent and witty, and her suitors are significantly younger than she is (in contrast with Sense and Sensibility and Emma, which feature marriages by their female protagonists to men who are 16 years older). Although the ending includes a traditional reward for morality, Lady Susan herself is treated more leniently than the adulteress in Mansfield Park, who is severely punished.
This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents.  The work has also been annotated, with additional information about the book and Jane Austen, including an overview, plot, characters, adaptations, additional information about epistolary books, biographical and bibliographical information.
 

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Lady Susan is a short epistolary book by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871.
This epistolary book, an early complete work that the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the main character—the widowed Lady Susan—as she seeks a new husband for herself and one for her daughter. Although the theme, together with the focus on character study and moral issues, is close to Austen's published work (Sense and Sensibility was also originally written in the epistolary form), its outlook is very different, and the heroine has few parallels in 19th-century literature. Lady Susan is a selfish, unscrupulous and scheming woman, highly attractive to men, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. She subverts all the standards of the romantic novel: she has an active role, she is not only beautiful but intelligent and witty, and her suitors are significantly younger than she is (in contrast with Sense and Sensibility and Emma, which feature marriages by their female protagonists to men who are 16 years older). Although the ending includes a traditional reward for morality, Lady Susan herself is treated more leniently than the adulteress in Mansfield Park, who is severely punished.
This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active table of contents.  The work has also been annotated, with additional information about the book and Jane Austen, including an overview, plot, characters, adaptations, additional information about epistolary books, biographical and bibliographical information.
 

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