Lady Susan (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Jane Austen

Jane Austen turns the traditional romantic novel on its head in this story of a serial seductress who is trying to make the most profitable matches possible for herself and her daughter. Told in the form of letters, this scandalous early (1794) work was not published until years after the author’s death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 1, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411447073

Jane Austen

Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels—Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion—which observe and critique the British gentry of the late eighteenth century. Her mastery of wit, irony, and social commentary made her a beloved and acclaimed author in her lifetime, a distinction she still enjoys today around the world.