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  • Published: 1 May 1975
  • ISBN: 9780141907901
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

Lady Susan

  • Jane Austen




46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946

These three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings.

The early epistolary novel LADY SUSAN depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, THE WATSONS is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine - Emma - finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Meanwhile SANDITON, set in a seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and spectators, treated by Austen with both amusement and scepticism.
%%%These three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings.
The early epistolary novel LADY SUSAN depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, THE WATSONS is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine - Emma - finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Meanwhile SANDITON, set in a seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and spectators, treated by Austen with both amusement and scepticism.

  • Published: 1 May 1975
  • ISBN: 9780141907901
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 224

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