{"product_id":"lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon-jane-austen-9780140431025","title":"Lady Susan; The Watsons; Sanditon","description":"\u003cp\u003eCollecting three lesser-known works by one of the nineteenth century's greatest authors, Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eLady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon \u003c\/i\u003eis edited with an introduction by Margaret Drabble in Penguin Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eLady Susan\u003c\/i\u003e depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, \u003ci\u003eThe Watsons \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 \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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, at the age of 22. She was also the author of \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMansfield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Park\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eLady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon\u003c\/i\u003e, you may like Charlotte Brontë's \u003ci\u003eTales of Angria\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'In [\u003ci\u003eSanditon\u003c\/i\u003e] she exploits her greatest gifts, her management of dialogue and her skill with monologue. The book feels open and modern ... as vigorous and inventive as her earlier work'\u003cbr\u003eCarol Shields\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Austen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140431020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140431025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/1975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.10w x 0.66d","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050716295423,"sku":"9780140431025","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c688f932-2840-4d2b-98c4-ce1be479855d.jpg?v=1685008830","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon-jane-austen-9780140431025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}