LADY VERNON AND HER DAUGHTER by Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
Publisher Crown, October 2009 A delightful interpretation of Jane
Austen’s early novella Lady Susan–a treat for fans of literature’s most
beloved woman of letters, as well as historical fiction readers.
Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan was written during the same period
in which she produced Elinor and Marianne. Like Elinor and
Marianne, Lady Susan focused on the economic and romantic plights
of two heroines displaced when the family home passes to an unworthy heir;
but while Elinor and Marianne was revised and happily expanded to
become Sense and Sensibility, Lady Susan was abandoned. Until
now.
In Lady Susan and Her Daughter, Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have
taken letters from this novella and transformed them into to a vivid,
authentic, and more recognizably “Austen” milieu. Lady Susan and her
daughter must navigate a society where a woman’s security is at the mercy of
an entail, where love is hindered by misunderstanding, where marriage can
never be entirely isolated from money, and yet romance somehow carries the
day. 
"A captivating read with a charmingly redeemed heroine--Jane Austen fans
will love it!"
-- Syrie James, author of the best-selling The Lost Memoirs of
Jane Austen
“Cleverly inverts the premise of Austen’s Lady Susan, with a richness of
background and detail that enlivens the original epistolary novel. Should
delight the most acute Austen fans.”
-- Stephanie Barron, national best-selling author of the Jane
Austen Mysteries
"Austen devotees will appreciate the authenticity of language and setting as
well as the many witty allusions to the canon."
-- Laurie Viera Rigler, author of Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen
Addict
“This solid rethinking of Lady Susan deserves a place on the shelf of any
Austen aficionado.”
-- Marsha Altman, author of The Darcys & The Bingleys
“A delightfully clever resculpting of Austen’s youthful Lady Susan. Jane
Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have rewarded honesty and perseverance in
the style of Sense and Sensibility. Good fun!”
-- Kathryn L. Nelson, author of Pemberley Manor
“I loved this book! Lady Vernon and Her Daughter is a brilliant
tour-de-force in Austen-related fiction and I believe that Jane Austen would
be the first to congratulate the authors on their achievement.”
-- C. Allyn Pierson, author of And This Our Life: Chronicles of
the Darcy Family
“Lady Vernon and Her Daughter is delightful! The authors have created an
infinitely kinder, softer and more likeable Lady Susan than Austen’s and
this is a most clever and engaging re-working of her short novel. I admire
the way the authors have paid homage to the Austen style throughout. I loved
it.”
-- Jill Pitkeathley, author of Cassandra and Jane
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