Lady Susan by Austen, Jane

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Author: Austen, JaneClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 25 August 2022 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Little Clothbound Classics series.Hardback | 128 pages117 x 169 x 15 | 160g
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the worlds greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.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. Told through a series of letters, Jane Austens magnificent first novella is as subversive as it is charming.The wit of Jane Austen has for partner the perfection of her taste Virginia Woolf