Lady Susan

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible mini editions of short stories novellas and essays from the world''s greatest writers designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. A Penguin Classic Hardcover. Recently widowed the unscrupulous and beautiful Lady Susan Vernon is determined to scheme her way through high society in the hope of a profitable new match - all while trying to marry off her unfortunate daughter. Ambitious and manipulative Lady Susan is unlike any Jane Austen heroine youve read about before. Told through a series of letters Jane Austen''s magnificent first novella is as subversive as it is charming.