false 208729 9 Jane Austen (1775-1817) is considered by many scholars to be the first great woman novelist. Her novels revolve around people, not events or coincidences. Miss Austen sets her novels in the upper middle class English country which was her own environment. <P>Her novels have increased in stature over time. Her skills of writing, including a dry humor and a witty elegance of expression have attracted generations to her work. <P>Miss Austen completed six novels and part of a seventh, "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion" and the partial "Lady Susan". Quiet Vision publishes all seven. 1890744 1974 Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon (Penguin Classics) total:808|5:135|4:270|3:312|2:81|1:10| 808 2863 1327 71 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 13:43:47 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 11:24:31 -0700 2009
Lady Susan is brief and entertaining. Its title character is a worldly, willful woman whose unfeeling amorality is almost cartoonish...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979 Thu Feb 12 02:37:56 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 00:35:26 -0800 2009 once There is a certain melancholy attached to reading some of this volume. I refer naturally to "Sanditon", which holds such promise and a new direction for Jane Austen's writing.
Of course when some well-intentioned fan decides to complete the work, it only serves to rub salt into...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jan 23 08:03:16 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:04:29 -0800 2009 5 0 false true Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 07:30:29 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 11:10:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 21:37:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 00:25:08 -0700 2009
However, this smal...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 07 23:33:38 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 23:39:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 14:33:06 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 17 10:52:03 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Tue Nov 20 10:43:32 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 20 10:44:45 -0800 2007 5 1 false false Sat Oct 18 17:52:44 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 17:53:06 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Thu Jul 02 15:10:26 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:58:22 -0700 2009 Lady Susan is a short epistolary novella written by Jane Austen. What intrigued me is that Lady Susan really is the most morally bankrupt (maybe 'amoral' is better?) of any of Austen heroines (and I use the term 'heroine' loosely here). She will think, say and do anything to achieve her means. This ...more...]]> 3 0 true false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 11:32:14 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 19:01:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 17 13:37:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 15:24:51 -0700 2008 Lady Susan—Beautiful, flirtatious, and recently widowed, Lady Susan Vernon seeks an advantageous second marriage for herself, while attempting to push her daughter into a dismal match. A magnificently crafted novel of Regency manners and mores that will delight Austen enthusiasts wit...more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 15 11:01:52 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 25 19:08:34 -0700 2009 Jane Austen can really write an opening sentence. She draws you into the story from the first line. Pride and Prejudice immediately introduces us to a large family of unmarried daughters and two very eligible single men, each in possession of good fortune....more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 22 21:37:53 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 29 09:57:23 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 22 21:34:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 true false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 15:31:46 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 15:40:34 -0700 2007
The first, Lady Susan, was the most complete of this set. It was vastly different from everything else she wrote, and very similar to popular books of the time (I think this may have been her first attempt at a novel, but she never we...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 23:02:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 23:06:34 -0700 2009 Lady Susan is an epistolary novel from Austen, something she wasn't altogether accustomed to writing, and it does show. There comes a point when the people are interacting with one another and there's just no one to write letters to, so the novel has to end. It is an interesting exercise though. And...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 06 21:40:54 -0800 2007 Wed May 14 19:48:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 15:26:25 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 13:15:57 -0700 2009 Margaret Drabble. If you've never read Austen, don't start here, but if you are a fan you will find Lady Susan amusing and the fragments tantalising glimpses of what might have...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 04:19:07 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 07:56:52 -0700 2008
One of the reasons I like VF so much is because of its main character, Becky Sharp. Unlike most books, she isn't the protagoni...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 10:43:02 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:43:02 -0800 2008