Lady_Susan

作者：Jane Austen

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JaneAustendemonstratedhermasteryoftheepistolarynovelgenreinLadySusan,whichshewrotein1795butneverpublished.AlthoughtheprimaryfocusofthisshortnovelistheselfishbehaviorofLadySusanassheengagesinaffairsandsearchesforsuitablehusbandsforherselfandheryoungdaughter,theactualactionsharesitsimportancewithAusten’smanipulationofhercharacters'behaviorbymeansoftheirreactionstothelettersthattheyreceive.Theheroineaddsadditionalinterestbyalteringthetoneofherownlettersbasedontherecipientoftheletter.Thus,thecharacterofLadySusanisdevelopedthroughmanybranchesasAustensuggestscomplicationsofidentityandthewayinwhichthatidentityisbasedoninteractionratherthanonsolitaryconstructionsofpersonality.LadySusan’scharacterisalsobuiltbythedescriptionsoftheotherletter-writers;buteventhoughtheiropinionsofthisheroinecoincidewiththeimagethatdevelopsfromherownletters,Austendemonstratesthesubjectivityoftheopinionsbypresentingthem–primarily–inthelettersofonewomantoanother,therebysuggestingtheestablishedliterarymotifsoffemininegossipandjealousy.ReadersrecognizethesesubjectivemotifsandexaminealloftheidiosyncrasiesofthecharactersinordertocreatetheirownopinionofLadySusan–astheywouldofanyrealacquaintance.