{"product_id":"lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon-by-jane-austen","title":"Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon By Jane Austen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 28\/06\/2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Classics - Fiction - Jane - Austen - Romance - 19th Century - Historical Fiction - Short Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors, Jane Austen's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese three short works show Austen experimenting with a variety of different literary styles, from melodrama to satire, and exploring a range of social classes and settings. The early epistolary novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edepicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Watsons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine Emma Watson finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Written in the last months of Austen's life, the uncompleted novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanditon\u003c\/i\u003e, set in a newly established seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and speculators, and shows an author contemplating a the great social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution with a mixture of scepticism and amusement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Drabble's introduction examines these three works in the context of Jane Austen's major novels and her life, and discusses the social background of her fiction. This edition features a new chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers. Austen began writing at a young age, embarking on what is possibly her best-known work,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, at the age of 22. She was also the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMansfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePark\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon\u003c\/i\u003e, you may like Charlotte Brontë's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of Angria\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'In [\u003ci\u003eSanditon\u003c\/i\u003e] she exploits her greatest gifts, her management of dialogue and her skill with monologue. 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