# Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon

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- Book: [Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-austen/lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon) ([Lady Susan, the Watsons, Sanditon.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-austen/lady-susan-the-watsons-sanditon.md))
- Authors: [Jane Austen](https://www.bookquiver.com/jane-austen)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-102-5
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2018-06-28
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

These 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 Lady Susan depicts an unscrupulous coquette, toying with the affections of several men. In contrast, The Watsons is a delightful fragment, whose spirited heroine - Emma - finds her marriage opportunities limited by poverty and pride. Meanwhile Sanditon , set in a seaside resort, offers a glorious cast of hypochondriacs and spectators, treated by Austen with both amusement and scepticism.