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Lady Susan
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 25 February 2021
- Run Time
- 2 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
BBC Audio presents Lady Susan, Jane Austen's early novel not published until after her death. Widowed Lady Susan is an outrageous flirt and a dreadful mother, constantly controlling and embarrassing the people around her.
When Lady Susan remarries, she attempts to push her daughter into a bleak marriage with a man she despises. Deceit slowly spreads through a series of letters exchanged between Lady Susan, her daughter, friends, family and arch enemies. Will the truth be unravelled in time?
Starring Imelda Staunton, Alicia Johnson and Maggie Steed.
© 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Narrator
- Imelda Staunton, Alicia Johnson, Maggie Steed
- Duration
- 2 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529141030
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
BBC Audio presents Lady Susan, Jane Austen's early novel not published until after her death. Widowed Lady Susan is an outrageous flirt and a dreadful mother, constantly controlling and embarrassing the people around her.When Lady Susan remarries, she attempts to push her daughter into a bleak marriage with a man she despises. Deceit slowly spreads through a series of letters exchanged between Lady Susan, her daughter, friends, family and arch enemies. Will the truth be unravelled in time?Starring Imelda Staunton, Alicia Johnson and Maggie Steed.© 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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