“Lady Susan”, Austen’s ‘most wicked tale, and ‘it is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. Lady Susan is a selfish, attractive woman, 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’s not only beautiful but intelligent and witty, and her suitors are significantly younger than she is.
- Some Other Books of Austen:
- Pride and Prejudice (1813)
- Sense and Sensibility (1811)
- Emma (1816)
- Persuasion (1818)
- Mansfield Park (1814)
- Northanger Abbey (1817)
- Juvenilia – Volume II (1790)
- Juvenilia – Volume I (1790)
- Juvenilia – Volume III (1790)
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