This is a very amusing and very short story. The epistolatory novel is not in fashion. In fact, towards the end, it ceases to be a collection of letters with the author summarising the situation.
The book was not published in Jane Austen's lifetime. It lacks to subtlety of her later works. It could almost be rough notes for a Jane Austen novel.
Lady Susan is a distinctly awful person. I can think of very few Jane Austen characters who are so venal.
However, I did enjoy reading it.
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