Lady Vernon and Her Daughter

Fülszöveg

Love lost and found—and the complex relationships
between women, men, and money in Regency England
Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan was written during the same period as another novella called Elinor and Marianne—which later became Sense and Sensibility. Unfortunately, Lady Susan did not enjoy the same treatment by its author and was left forgotten by all but the most diligent Austen scholars. Until now.
In Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have taken Austen's original novella and transformed it into a vivid and richly developed novel. "With wit and warmth reminiscent of Austen's greatest works, this mother-daughter writing team brings to life a time and place where love is hindered by misunderstanding, where marriage can never be entirely isolated from money— yet where romance somehow carries the day.
"Precisely what Austen would have done with the character had she the inclination to turn her novella into a novel." —Newark Star-Ledger... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Love lost and found—and the complex relationships
between women, men, and money in Regency England
Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan was written during the same period as another novella called Elinor and Marianne—which later became Sense and Sensibility. Unfortunately, Lady Susan did not enjoy the same treatment by its author and was left forgotten by all but the most diligent Austen scholars. Until now.
In Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have taken Austen's original novella and transformed it into a vivid and richly developed novel. "With wit and warmth reminiscent of Austen's greatest works, this mother-daughter writing team brings to life a time and place where love is hindered by misunderstanding, where marriage can never be entirely isolated from money— yet where romance somehow carries the day.
"Precisely what Austen would have done with the character had she the inclination to turn her novella into a novel." —Newark Star-Ledger
"Recommended for all those who yearn for the chance to waltz at an English country house party in an A-line frock of diaphanous cloth." —Daily Herald
"A delight."
—Historical Novels Review
jane rubino is the author of a contemporary mystery series set at the Jersey Shore, as well as a volume of Sherlockian novellas. caitlen rubino-bradway, Jane's daughter, lives and works in New York City.
Also available as an eBook and on audio from Random House
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Cover design: Laura Klynstra
Cover Illustration: Portrait of Madame Regnault de Saint-Jean d'Angely (1775-1857), oil on canvas, by François Pascal Simon Gérard, (1770 -1837), Louvre, Paris, France/ Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library Authors photograph: William Bradway Vissza