[Gutenberg 63569] • The Watsons · By Jane Austen, Concluded by L. Oulton

Excerpt from The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen: Lady Susan; The Watsons; Letters of Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility, like Lady Susan, was at first composed in the form of letters. Jane Austen was doubtless following the exam ple of Richardson, whom she regarded with un bounded admiration. One of the defects of this method, in addition to its awkwardness for nar ration, is illustrated by Lady Susan, in which the wicked woman is made to write letters reveal ing her own character and designs with an Open ness which, under a paternal government, might get her into trouble.

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