Lady Susan

Lady Susan

1871 • 82 pages

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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. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts with its wit and elegant expression


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Jane Austen and me got major beef at this point

August 26, 2023

Hilarious as ever. I started a re-listen of the Audible edition as a bedtime story and then realized I just really wanted to read this again!

August 11, 2018

Beautiful widow
men are an easy conquest
not so much their wives.

April 24, 2024

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