Lady Susan (version 2)
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and searches for suitable husbands for herself and her young daughter, the actual action shares its importance with Austen’s manipulation of her characters' behavior by means of their reactions to the letters that they receive. The heroine adds additional interest by altering the tone of her own letters based on the recipient of the letter. Thus, the character of Lady Susan is developed through many branches as Austen suggests complications of identity and the way in which that identity is based on interaction rather than on solitary constructions of personality. (Summary from Wikipedia) (2 hr 41 min)
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I enjoyed the multiple readers and their characters. the book itself was enjoyable and it was challenging at first whether or not to like Lady Susan.





Reader
I’d never heard of this novel before. I liked the way it was recorded with each person taking a character’s voice. Thank you.





Julia
I enjoyed the different voices of readers. And I enjoyed Miss Austin’s telling of events that surely happened in many families of old
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Susan h
I had never heard of this title. I enjoyed the story line. But won't read it again.
good but I really don't care for the way it done.





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