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Lady Susan was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed. Less known than Austen's six great later novels, it demonstrates the wit and sharp observations of Jane Austen - and is shown at its best in audiobook form, with different actresses presenting real characters as they read their letters.

Lady Susan is an epistolary novel by Jane Austen about a beautiful and manipulative widow scheming to arrange wealthy marriages for herself and her daughter. This book is the basis for the film Love & Friendship, written and directed by Whit Stillman, and starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny. This dramatized production is presented by the Online Stage.

From the author of The Christmas Hirelings comes this Audible Exclusive production of Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s classic sensation novel Lady Audley’s Secret. English actress Olivia Poulet gives an assured and captivating narration; a cornerstone of the genre and a scandal at the time of its publication, Lady Audley’s Secret is an entertaining and shocking tale of high drama and shifting perceptions.

Lady Susan charms everyone she meets - particularly the men - and is keen on toying with emotions for her own amusement. The novel, told in letters between various characters, follows Lady Susan’s escapades and influences on her family, and the affects that her presences has on their individual trysts and ties to one another.

Beautiful, unflinching, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to engineer her daughter into a ill-advised match. A perfectly crafted piece of Austen's ouvere, Lady Susan is a satire of Regency manners that will delight Austen fans and those new to her work.

Questo breve romanzo epistolare fu pubblicato postumo nel 1871, ma si suppone che sia stato scritto presumibilmente nel 1794. Certamente si ritrovano tutti i temi e i colori dell'autrice: l'ironia per le ipocrisie dei formalismi della società la lotta contro i matrimoni d'interesse, e il sarcasmo contro le donne manipolatrici e fredde di cuore. Lo stile inconfondibile della scrittrice, quieto, ironico fino a rasentare il cinismo, di una lucidità geniale nell'osservazione del suo piccolo mondo, rende questo breve romanzo un piccolo gioiello, per gli estimatori dei suoi romanzi.

Esta novela epistolar, escrita probablemente en 1794, narra los planes de la protagonista, la recientemente viuda lady Susan, para encontrar un nuevo marido, a la vez que intenta casar a su hija de dieciséis años. Austen se sirve de este género para construir una obra en donde las distintas...

Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. This is a magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts with its wit and elegant expression.

Lady Susan was first published decades after Austen's death. Written in letters, the selfish but entertaining Lady Susan and each of her correspondents come vividly to life, as do the family members of the fragment, The Watsons. This latter work was begun in 1875, but Austen never returned to it after her father's death.

Lady Susan (1793-94), skriven under Jane Austens unga år, är en underhållande brevroman med rötter i 1700-talets värld. Genom brev som utväxlas mellan romanens karaktärer, målas upp en bild av den vackra änkan Susan Vernon och hennes försök att skaffa både sig själv och sin dotter ett gott parti. Temat är alltså detsamma som i Austens senare romaner, och karaktärsstudier och moraliska frågor är i fokus också här, men i övrigt saknas det gemensamma nämnare med Austen senare verk.

Et must for Jane Austen elskere: Jane Austen's Lady Susan i nyoversættelse samt hendes to ufuldendte romaner: The Watsons og Sanditon, som nu for første gang foreligger på dansk. Helt på højde med hendes store romaner i karaktertegning og miljøbeskrivelse. De tre tekster repræsenterer Jane Austen i tre forskellige perioder af hendes forfatterliv, hvor hun eksperimenterer med forskellige litterære stilarter fra melodrama til satire og udforsker flere sociale klasser og scenerier.

Lady Susan is at Churchill, the home of her brother-in-law and his wife and family. Her reputation as a coquette has not been aided by her flirtation with Reginald de Courcy. Lady Susan attempts to further her plans to induce Frederica into marrying Sir James Martin, a nobleman, but Frederica's obvious distaste of the match is a cause for further disruption.