<strong>Lady Susan</strong> is a selfish attractive woman who tries to trap the best possiblehusband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. She su... » 

Lady Susan is a selfish attractive woman who tries to trap the best possiblehusband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. She subverts allthe standards of the romantic novel she has an active role shes not onlybeautiful but intelligent and witty and her suitors are significantly youngerthan she is. Although the ending includes a traditional reward for moralityLady Susan herself is treated much more mildly than the adulteress in MansfieldPark from Jane Austens novel Sense and Sensibility who is severely punished. «