sprainedbrain's blurb on Lady Susan

It‘s day 1 of our #PemberLittens buddy read of Lady Susan!

Austen likely wrote this epistolary when she was 19, and never submitted it for publishing during her lifetime.

Mentioning the movie adaptation, called Love & Friendship apparently just to confuse us, as I may use pictures from it in my daily summaries.

Also shown, Lady Vernon & Her Daughter, a retelling I have yet to read that attempts the story with Austen‘s more mature prose style.🤔

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jenniferw88 I think Lady Susan is meant to be based on Lady Hamilton - she was also a real flirt!

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mklong Starting now! 2y

Chrissyreadit I‘m trying this one 2y

Clare-Dragonfly This is delightful. It‘s hard to stop reading! 2y

Chili “Where pride and stupidity unite” 🤣 I love it! 2y

sprainedbrain @Chili she was so damn snarky! 😅 2y

LauraBrook Oooh, this sounds fun. Could I jump in and join you all? Totally okay if it‘s a no, you all have been doing this for a while! 💗 2y

sprainedbrain @LauraBrook of course! Adding you to my tag list! 2y

KristiAhlers I‘ve already read the episode! I love a story told through letter writing! 2y

batsy @Chili I snorted 😆 2y

batsy This has started off really well. These letters have so much wit and energy! 2y

StolenBookmobile 4 more letters to read....but I already feel sorry for the daughter.
2y

DebinHawaii “…were he but one degree less contemptibly weak…” 🤣 I have only read Lady Susan once, & quite a while ago so this will be fun! 2y

Chili @batsy me too! 🤣 2y

LitStephanie @Chili yes that line was so funny! Reginald's letter kind of reminds me of Lizzy Bennet's conversations with her dad about people they dislike. 2y

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