Lady Susan: The Wicked Mother in Jane Austen’s Novels

 BARBARA J. HORWITZ"

"Lady Susan is an achievement as a work of fiction principally because Lady Susan herself possesses beauty, charm, and “artfulness.” Her use of art, like that of her creator, Jane Austen’s use of art, primarily involves language. For example, when she confides in a friend, she writes typically Austenian aphorisms, insisting, “I have never yet found that the advice of a Sister could prevent a young Man’s being in love if he chose it”"

"The wonderful irony that permeates this work has its foundation in the fact that consciously quoting books on the duties of mothers allows Lady Susan to mistreat her daughter."

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BLOG: JANEAUSTEN'S WORLD

Lady Susan: A Vicious Jewel

https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/lady-susan-a-vicious-jewel/

The Malcontents: The Best Bitter, Cynical, and Satirical Writing in the World,

by  Joe Queenan

The Malcontents

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`The Perfect Model of a Woman': Femininity and Power in Lady Susan

http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/STELLA/COMET/glasgrev/issue2/anthony.htm