Excerpt from Lady Susan; The Watsons; Letters of Jane Austen, Vol. 1 Sense and Sensibility, like Lady Susan, was at first composed in the form of letters. Jane Austen was doubtless following the exam ple of Richardson, whom she regarded with un bounded admiration. One of the defects of this method, in addition to its awkwardness for nar ration, is illustrated by Lady Susan, in which the wicked woman is made to write letters reveal ing her own character and designs with an Open ness which, under a paternal government, might get her into trouble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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