{"product_id":"lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon","title":"Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon","description":"Author: Austen, Jane\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780140431025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 1974\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 197mm x 132mm x 13mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors, Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eLady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon \u003c\/i\u003eis edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings. The early epistolary novel \u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eThe Watsons \u003c\/i\u003eis a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in the last months of Austen's life, the uncompleted novel \u003ci\u003eSanditon\u003c\/i\u003e, set in a newly established seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators, and shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism and amusement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels and her life, and discusses the social background of her fiction. This edition features a new chronology.\u003cbr\u003eJane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. Austen began writing at a young age, embarking on what is possibly her best-known work, \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, at the age of 22. She was also the author of \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMansfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Park\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eLady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon\u003c\/i\u003e, you may like Charlotte Bronte's \u003ci\u003eTales of Angria\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.","brand":"Ships in 4 to 7 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41704005370014,"sku":"UBD-9780140431025","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9780140431025.jpg?v=1653445650","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}