Lady Vernon and Her Daughter

LOVE LOST AND FOUND—AND THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WOMEN, MEN, AND MONEY IN REGENCY ENGLAND

Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan was written during the same period as another novella called Elinor and Marianne—which later became Sense and Sensibility. Unfortunately, Lady Susan did not enjoy the same treatment by its author and was left forgotten by all but the most diligent Austen scholars. Until now.

In Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have taken Austen's original novella and transformed it into a vivid and richly developed novel. With wit and warmth reminiscent of Austen's greatest works, this mother-daughter writing team brings to life a time and place where love is hindered by misunderstanding, where marriage can never be entirely isolated from money—yet where romance somehow carries the day.