The Life and Works of Jane Austen Season 1 Episode 21 Lady Susan: Austen's Merry Widow

Jane Austen also had unpublished minor works that went unknown until several decades after her death. Here, dig into one of her most surprising pieces of fiction: Lady Susan, an epistolary novella that stars a charismatic and morally bankrupt widow. Lady Susan, may seem the opposite of the more famous Austen heroines, but you may find that she has a certain charm that is hard to resist.