Author: Austen, Jane
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Published on 2 July 2026 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Brief Encounters' series.
Paperback | 128 pages
130 x 198 x 12 | 108g
Outrageous, and wickedly funny, Lady Susan introduces Jane Austen at her most scandalousRecently widowed and dangerously charming, Lady Susan Vernon arrives among her relatives determined to secure her own advantage. Through a flurry of letters, alliances shift, affections are tested, and reputations quietly unravel. Lady Susan is Jane Austen’s sharp, mischievous portrait of a woman who refuses to behave. Bold, manipulative and irresistibly alive, it reveals Austen at her most daring – and her most amused.
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