Lady Susan

Resumen del libro

'Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die.' The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you've met in this fascinating early novella. It is one of 46 new bookbest-sellingstselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Biografía del autor

Jane Austen rex{0026} x0FB02;ejó en su obra la vida de la clase alta inglesa de su época con un sutil espíritu crítico que la ha convertido en una de las escritoras más leídas y reconocidas, un verdadero clásico popular. Escribió seis novelas, Sentido y sensibilidad, Orgullo y prejuicio, Mansx{0026} x0FB01;eld Park, Emma, La abadía de Northanger y Persuasión, publicada póstumamente; la novela breve Lady Susan y dos novelas inacabadas, Los Watson y Sanditon.