Lady Susan

“Lady Susan”, Austen's "most wicked tale, and "it is a short epistolary novel by Jane Austen, possibly written in 1794 but not published until 1871. 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. Some Other Books of Austen: Pride and Prejudice (1813) Sense and Sensibility (1811) Emma (1816) Persuasion (1818) Mansfield Park (1814) Northanger Abbey (1817) Juvenilia – Volume II (1790) Juvenilia – Volume I (1790) Juvenilia – Volume III (1790)