Lady Susan (Hesperus Classics)

Best guide Lady Susan (Hesperus Classics). Inspired by Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and written in a similar epistolary form, Lady Susan is one of Lady Susan (Hesperus Classics) Jane Austen’s earliest finished works In it, she reveals all the caustic wit and brilliant social satire of her later novellas The victim of a vicious scandal, the impoverished Lady Susan is obliged to take up residence with her brother-in-law and his family ... Learn more »

Lady Susan (Hesperus Classics) Review: Lady Susan (Hesperus Classics). Though Lady Susan is considered part of Jane Austen's "juvenilia," having been written ca. 1805, it was not published till well after Jane Austen's death and is still not counted among her "six novels." In fact, this seventh novel, though not as thoughtful or thought-provoking as the "famous six," is one of her wittiest and most spirited. Written in epistolary style, it is the story of Lady Susan, a beautiful, recent widow with no conscience, a woman who is determined to do exactly what she wants to do, to charm ... Read more »

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