Lady Susan

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This early complete work, which the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the title character. It is about the horrible flirt Lady Susan Vernon, a widow in her thirties who has an affair with a married man. After her husband’s death she stays with her brother and his family and soon enchants the handsome, friendly but naive and idealistic Reginald de Courcy, who is her brother-in-law. The characters in Lady Susan experience and act on various kinds of love, both romantic and familial. Characters’ relationships with one another are what drive the story, which centres around Lady Susan’s potential engagement to Reginald De Courcy and her schemes involving her daughter, Frederica.