Lady Susan

Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen. 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 bu [...]
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Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen. 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 her. She uses flirtation and seduction to gain her way through life. As a widow and a mother, her main goals are to quickly marry off her daughter Frederica (whom she despises and regards as stupid and stubborn) to a rich enough man, and to marry an even better match herself. Lady Susan is extremely cold towards her daughter, for whom she feels little or no affection: she calls her "e;a stupid girl, and has nothing to recommend her. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts with its wit and elegant expression.