Lady Susan

"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)