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Lady Susan

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

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Lady Susan

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Imelda Staunton, Alicia Johnson, Maggie Steed
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BBC Audio presents Lady Susan, Jane Austen's early novel not published until after her death. Widowed Lady Susan is an outrageous flirt and a dreadful mother, constantly controlling and embarrassing the people around her.

When Lady Susan remarries, she attempts to push her daughter into a bleak marriage with a man she despises. Deceit slowly spreads through a series of letters exchanged between Lady Susan, her daughter, friends, family and arch enemies. Will the truth be unravelled in time?

Starring Imelda Staunton, Alicia Johnson and Maggie Steed.

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Too many superfluous non-Austen additions spoiled my enjoyment of performances by excellent cast. Better than free Plus American version, however, which was ponderous and lacking in sparkle. I was so sure R4 version would be ideal, and am disappointed it didn't quite meet my expectations.

Enjoyable performances, disappointing adaptation

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Jane Austen Not!! I want to get this out of my library as fast as possible! This ploy of pretending to be Jane Austen or “co-written” or similar to, is such an insult to any reader who is really familiar with the author, Wilbur Smith with Blah Blah ( exactly!! Who?…!!!) is another!

Absolutely dire

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