Lady Susan [electronic resource]
Austen, Jane, 1775-18172006
eAudioBook
Find it!
Jane Austen's earliest known serious work, Lady Susan is a short, epistolary novel that portrays a woman bent on the exercise of her own powerful mind and personality to the point of social self-destruction. Lady Susan, a clever and ruthless widow, determines that her daughter is going to marry a man whom both detest. She sets her own sights on her sister-in-law's brother, all the while keeping an old affair simmering on the back burner. But people refuse to play the roles assigned them. In the end, her daughter gets the sister-in-law's brother, the old affair runs out of steam, and all that is left for Lady Susan is the man intended for her daughter, whom neither can abide. Told through a series of letters between the characters, the work concludes abruptly with the comment: "this correspondence...could not, to the great detriment of the Post Office revenue, be continued any longer."
Main title:
Lady Susan [electronic resource] / Jane Austen
Author:
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, Author
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2006
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 9-12
Biography/History:
Jane Austen (1775–1817) is considered by many scholars to be the first great woman novelist. Born in Steventon, England, she later moved to Bath and began to write for her own and her family's amusement. Her novels, set in her own English countryside, depict the daily lives of provincial middle-class families with wry observation, a delicate irony, and a good-humored wit.
ISBN:
9781483081755
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
327864
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eAudiobook |