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Lady Susan
One of Jane Austen’s shortest works, “Lady Susan” is an epistolary novel, a novel told entirely in the letters of its title character, her friends and family. “Lady Susan” is the story of a recently widowed woman who is actively searching for a new marriage while trying to play matchmaker for her daughter as well.
The Temporary Wife
In return for the money she and her family desperately need, Miss Charity Duncan accepts a marriage proposal from Lord Anthony Earheart, who only wants to upset his domineering father, and winds up taking the union to heart.
The Would-Be Widow
In order to receive her family legacy, now held by her grasping Aunt Elvira, beautiful Lady Jocelyn Kendal must marry quickly, but the man she loves, the Duke of Candover, refuses to take a wife.