Lady Susan
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786180846 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 393 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A short, great and overlooked Jane Austen novel. RR in DC The story line, written in the form of letters between mostly female friends and relatives, and would make one subplot in a longer Austen novel. Lady Susan is determined to establish her and her daughter's financial security through the only route available to women at that time, marriage, and she maneuvers successfully to do so, breaking the heart of one dim witted man after another. Aust
Her novels, set in her own English countryside, depict the daily lives of provincial middle-class families with wry observation, a delicate irony, and a good-humored wit.David Thorn spent his childhood in the Channel Islands off the coast of France, was schooled in England, and then immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-three. Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competit
Told through a series of letters between the characters, the work concludes abruptly with the comment: "this correspondencecould not, to the great detriment of the Post Office revenue, be continued any longer.". In the end, her daughter gets the sister-in-law's brother, the old affair runs out of steam, and all that is left for Lady Susan is the man intended for her daughter, whom neither can abide. Jane Austen's earliest known serious work, Lady Susan is a short, epistolary novel that portrays a woman bent on the exercise of her own powerful mind and personality to the point of social self-destruction. But people refuse to play the roles assigned them. She sets her own sights on her sister-in-law's brother, all the while keeping an old affair simmering on the back bur
Early on she developed a deep love of animals, training her dogs to perform with her at dog shows, and as a competitive barrel racer with her beloved horse, Lucky.. Born in Steventon, England, she later moved to Bath and began to write for her own and her family's amusement. Her love for reading began as a young girl, when she discovered the Nancy Drew mystery series and was immediately hooked. He is retired from international commerce and currently resides in California.Susan McCarthy is the narrator of numerous audiobooks, including such classics as Jane Austen's Lady Susan and Sherwood Andersen's Winesburg, Ohio. About the AuthorJane Austen (1775-1817) is considered by many scholars to be the first great woman novelist. Also a voice-over artist, she received her training at VoiceTrax San Francisco.Bobbie Frohman, a third generation Californian, was raised in