{"product_id":"lady-susan-9780241582527","title":"Lady Susan","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic Hardcover \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently widowed, the unscrupulous and beautiful Lady Susan Vernon is determined to scheme her way through high society in the hope of a profitable new match - all while trying to marry off her unfortunate daughter. Ambitious and manipulative, Lady Susan is unlike any Jane Austen heroine you've read about before. Told through a series of letters, Jane Austen's magnificent first novella is as subversive as it is charming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement, as well as a novella, \u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed by \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e. Austen died in 1817, and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e were published posthumously in 1818.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606429438226,"sku":"9780241582527","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_030c4a27-bde2-4d1a-9f21-439ea8949619.jpg?v=1748517171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lady-susan-9780241582527","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}