Jane Austen 
Lady Susan 

Lady Susan – Jane Austen – ‚Lady Susan‘ is an epistolary novel by Jane Austen. This novel 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, its outlook is very different, and the heroine has few parallels in 19th-century literature. 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.

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Jane Austen was a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels including ‚Sense and Sensibility, ‚ ‚Pride and Prejudice‘ and ‚Emma.‘

Who Was Jane Austen?

While not widely known in her own time, Jane Austen’s comic novels of love among the landed gentry gained popularity after 1869, and her reputation skyrocketed in the 20th century. Her novels, including Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, are considered literary classics, bridging the gap between romance and realism.