Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Lady Susan’

Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, by Jane Rubino & Caitlen Rubino-Bradway – A Review

Posted in Austenesque Books, Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 27 January 2010 | 17 Comments »

After being introduced to Jane Austen’s Lady Susan via A Soiree for Lady Susan, Austenprose’s rollicking cyber group read, replete with wagging tongues and fluttering fans, I delighted in discovering this ‘most accomplished Coquette in England’. So different from other Austen heroines, I welcomed her all the more for her flagrant flaws and mercenary machinations. Regretfully, as Jane Austen never got the chance to revise this novella, the limitations of the epistolary form did leave me with a desire for more.

Enter Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway’s novel Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, which certainly fulfills this desire… and more! This clever re-imagining by a mother and daughter team turns my previous notion about this heroine on its head. It intriguingly opens with an Austen inspired witticism:

Read Full Post »

‘A Soirée with Lady Susan’ thank you!

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , on 23 September 2009 | 3 Comments »

Gentle Readers: Even though etiquette always prevailed during Jane Austen’s time, today I am always pleasantly surprised to receive a thoughtful thank you letter for anything I do here, so when Mandy N.’s cheerful note arrived thanking me for hosting ‘A Soirée with Lady Susan’ earlier this month, I was all astonishment. Also included was this beautiful [...]

Read Full Post »

‘A Soirée with Lady Susan’ Wrap Up: Giveaway Winners Announced!

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , on 14 September 2009 | 13 Comments »

“Whether Lady Susan was or was not happy in her second choice, I do not see how it can ever be ascertained; for who would take her assurance of it on either side of the question?”   Ah – how true! The “Mistress of deceit” would never allude to any misgivings on her part, (well maybe [...]

Read Full Post »

Lady Susan, by Jane Austen – A Review

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Novels & Letters Book Reviews, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 13 September 2009 | 12 Comments »

Jane Austen’s epistolary novel Lady Susan has never received much attention in comparison to her other six major novels. It is a short piece, only 70 pages in my edition of The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen: Minor Works containing forty-one letters and a conclusion. Scholars estimate that it was written between 1793-4 when the young [...]

Read Full Post »

Lady Susan: Group Read Letters 34-41: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Twelve Giveaway

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , on 12 September 2009 | 34 Comments »

I write only to bid you farewell, the spell is removed; I see you as you are…You know how I have loved you; you can intimately judge of my present feelings, but I am not so weak as to find indulgence in describing them to a woman who will glory in having excited their anguish, [...]

Read Full Post »

A Soirée with Lady Susan: The Postal Service in 18th Century Britain: Letters and the Penny-Post

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , on 11 September 2009 | 10 Comments »

This correspondence, by a meeting between some of the parties, and a separation between the others, could not, to the great detriment of the Post Office revenue, be continued any longer. The Narrator, The Conclusion, Lady Susan The Postal Service in 18th Century Britain: Letters and the Penny-Post  At Jane Austen’s World As the characters [...]

Read Full Post »

Lady Susan: Group Read Letters 23-33: Summary, Musings & Discussion: Day Nine Giveaway

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Lady Susan, Jane Austen's Works, tagged , , , , , , , on 9 September 2009 | 25 Comments »

I must warn you of one thing – – do not let Frederica Vernon be made unhappy by that Martin. He wants to marry her; her mother promotes the match, but she cannot endure the idea of it. Reginald De Courcy Letter 23 Quick Synopsis  Catherine Vernon writes to her mother delighted that Lady Susan [...]

Read Full Post »

Visit Lady Susan During ‘A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy’ at the Morgan Library Starting November 6th

Posted in A Soirée with Lady Susan, Blog Events, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , on 8 September 2009 | 8 Comments »

The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City has the largest collection of Jane Austen’s personal letters and manuscripts in the world. Among the collection is the manuscript of Lady Susan. We are very fortunate that the Morgan had the foresight to acquire and retain these items as a collection after the Austen family decided to [...]

Read Full Post »

Older Posts »