Lady Susan (Standard Classics)

Her beauty belies her age—her wit and charm bend doubt and even contempt into devotion—her cunning may or may not assure luxury and comfort for all her days. In this epistolary novel, we see every side of Lady Susan in letters written by her, to her, and about her. In her own hand, she is sweetness and compassion personified to those she wishes to manipulate. To her confidant Alicia Johnson, however, she reveals her true nature and her schemes. Published fifty-four years after her death, the critically acclaimed LADY SUSAN is considered Jane Austen’s first mature novel.