{"product_id":"book-djrn","title":"Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning actress Emilia Fox who is best known for her starring role in the long running BBC drama \u003ci\u003eSilent Witness\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also won acclaim for her performances in \u003ci\u003eStrangers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDelicious\u003c\/i\u003e. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Margaret Drabble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49376132137264,"sku":"BDdjrn","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/237998-djrn-Square.jpg?v=1734868843","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-djrn","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}