Name: Lady Susan
SKU: 54697339
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Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 9789354629907

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jane Austen

Publisher

True Sign Publishing House

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x0.5 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN13

9789354629907

Synopsis "Lady Susan"

Lady Susan is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. This early complete work, which the author never submitted for publication, describes the schemes of the title character. It is about the horrible flirt Lady Susan Vernon, a widow in her thirties who has an affair with a married man. After her husband's death she stays with her brother and his family and soon enchants the handsome, friendly but naïve and idealistic Reginald de Courcy, who is her brother-in-law. The characters in Lady Susan experience and act on various kinds of love, both romantic and familial. Characters' relationships with one another are what drive the story, which centres around Lady Susan's potential engagement to Reginald De Courcy and her schemes involving her daughter, Frederica.

Jane Austen

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She was a British novelist who lived during the Georgian era. She was born in the rectory of Steventon (Hampshire). Her family belonged to the British gentry (rural nobility or agrarian bourgeoisie), a context she never left and in which she set all her works, always revolving around the marriage of her protagonist.

She has been portrayed in cinema on numerous occasions, sometimes faithfully reproduced, like the 1940 classic Pride and Prejudice directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, and other times adapted to modern times, as is the case with Clueless, a loose adaptation of Emma. Other versions include Sense and Sensibility from 1995; Mansfield Park from 2000; and Pride and Prejudice in 2004 (directed by Gurinder Chadha) and in 2005 (directed by Joe Wright). However, the most faithful and perfect version of the book Pride and Prejudice to date is the series presented by the BBC starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The interest that Jane Austen's work continues to arouse today shows the relevance of her thought and the influence she has had on subsequent literature. Her life has also been portrayed in film with the movie Becoming Jane (2007)

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