Lady Susan – Jane Austen

Lady Susan is an epistolary novel written by Jane Austen that was published in 1871 but was believed to have been completed by Austen sometime during 1794. The novel is written using diary entries, news clippings, letters etc. Lady Susan is unlike any other female protagonist that was created by Jane Austen as she is a very selfish and conniving woman. She is a married woman who is also trying to have a relationship with another man. Lady Susan not only walks a different path for a protagonist but as a fictional character she also managed to stay away from the principles of a romance novel making her a very interesting character to study. Lady Susan cemented Jane Austen as a revolutionary author in literary fiction.