{"product_id":"lady-susan-an-epistolary-novel-of-charm-manipulation-and-social-satire-hardcover","title":"Lady Susan: An Epistolary Novel of Charm, Manipulation, and Social Satire - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/em\u003e is Jane Austen's sharp early epistolary novel of charm, manipulation, marriage strategy, and social performance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Written in letters and centred on one of Austen's most brilliantly unscrupulous heroines, the novel follows Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and recently widowed woman who uses wit, flirtation, calculation, and emotional pressure to manage lovers, relatives, reputation, and her daughter's future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike the more morally balanced heroines of Austen's mature novels, Lady Susan is dangerous because she understands society perfectly and exploits its rules without embarrassment. The result is a compact and unusually acidic work: part comedy of manners, part social satire, part study in female power operating within narrow eighteenth-century constraints. For readers of Jane Austen, classic English fiction, epistolary novels, and Regency-era social comedy, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a fascinating glimpse of Austen's early brilliance and the darker intelligence behind her later novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50485116010733,"sku":"9781515433033","price":34.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/lady-susan-an-epistolary-novel-of-charm-manipulation-and-social-satire-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}