Lady Susan
Author: Austen, Jane
ISBN: 9780241251331
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2016
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 158mm x 111mm x 12mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Glittering with Austen's subversive young imagination, this wickedearly novella features a devious, adulterous anti-heroine.
'Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die.'
The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you've met in this fascinating early novella.
One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
ISBN: 9780241251331
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2016
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 158mm x 111mm x 12mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Glittering with Austen's subversive young imagination, this wickedearly novella features a devious, adulterous anti-heroine.
'Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die.'
The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you've met in this fascinating early novella.
One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
