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Lady Susan

Author
Jane Austen
Series
Timeless Classics
Language
English
Length
70 pages
ISBN
9781911495079
Published
23 June 2016
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Jane Austen
  • romance
  • manners
  • upbringing
  • morality
  • love
  • romantic
  • education
  • marriage
  • family

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Lady Susan Vernon, beautiful, recently widowed, hunting a fortune for herself and a match for her daughter, in letters. Austen’s novella is appetite without the later novels’ mercy. Reginald de Courcy, Mrs Johnson, a reputation that should warn everyone and does not. Sovereign ebook. Manipulation as style. The epistolary net, the charm that is also a weapon. Early Austen, already exact about how a clever woman works a room. Scandal as a method. No Pemberley softness here.

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Jane Austen was a 19th century English novelist whose works reflect the values of the landed gentry during the Regency period. Her novels feature strong female protagonists who must navigate complex social relationships and make difficult choices regarding love, marriage, and their careers. Austen's writing is marked by its wit, irony, and keen awareness of human nature.

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