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Watched the recent film adaptation of Jane Austen's Lady Susan, LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

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Naomi K
Jan 15, 2017
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Jane Austen's novella LADY SUSAN was one of my favorite reads of 2016. It was the first work she ever completed (that we possess a copy of) and was never published in her lifetime. And not only is it awesome, but it's very un-Austenian. There's relatively little moralizing. And Lady Susan herself is completely unlike any other Jane Austen character: she…

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