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Lady Susan

Jane Austen
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Pages
76
Year
2021
Language
English

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Lady Susan is a selfish, attractive woman, who tries to trap the best possible husband, while maintaining a relationship with a married man. She subverts all the standards of the romantic novel: she has an active role, she's not only beautiful but intelligent and witty, and her suitors are significantly younger than she is.

Although the ending includes a traditional reward for morality, Lady Susan herself is treated much more mildly than the adulteress in Mansfield Park, from Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility, who is severely punished.

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