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Lady Vernon and Her Daughter

A Novel of Jane Austen's Lady Susan

by Jane Rubino
Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
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In Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway have taken Jane Austen's novella, Lady Susan, and transformed it into a vivid and richly developed novel of love lost and found—and the complex relationships between women, men, and money in Regency England.
Lady Vernon and her daughter, Frederica, are left penniless and without a home after the death of Sir Frederick Vernon, Susan's husband. Frederick' s brother and heir, Charles Vernon, like so many others of his time, has forgotten his promises to look after the women, and despite their fervent hopes to the contrary, does nothing to financially support Lady Vernon and Frederica.
When the ladies, left without another option, bravely arrive at Charles's home to confront him about his treatment of his family, they are faced with Charles's indifference, his wife Catherine's distrustful animosity, and a flood of rumors that threaten to undo them all. Will Lady Vernon and Frederica find love and happiness—and financial security—or will their hopes be dashed with their lost fortune?
With wit and warmth reminiscent of Austen's greatest works, Lady Vernon and Her Daughter brings to vivid life a time and place 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, yet where romance somehow carries the day.

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    October 6, 2009

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415966426
      • File size: 325293 KB
      • Duration: 11:17:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Recently widowed, Lady Vernon is forced to rely on her self-serving brother-in-law to care for her and her lovely daughter, Frederica. In Regency England, where aristocratic life is centered upon securing a financially advantageous marriage, Lady Vernon seeks to make the best match for Freddy. Narrator Susan Duerden artfully navigates extensive character explications, including litanies of familial relationships and family rankings and speculations on financial worth. Duerden's cultured tones--sometimes dulcet, sometimes scratchy--perfectly represent the hypocrisy of the social hierarchy. Duerden's voice lingers spitefully over gossipy letters and bristles with indignation when misrepresentations are aired. The authors use letters and conversations from Jane Austen's little-known epistolary work, LADY SUSAN, as their starting point, then veer off in surprising and delightful directions. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 10, 2009
      Inspired by Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan
      , this biting social comedy from mother-daughter duo Rubino (the veteran author) and Rubino-Bradway (the first-timer) is a delightful, worthy homage to Austen. In 19th-century England, Lady Susan Vernon is left nearly penniless after her honorable, wealthy husband dies and his unscrupulous little brother, Charles, bilks Susan and her daughter, Frederica, of their share of his fortune. Forced to rely upon the kindness of friends, the two spend several months bouncing from home to home. Subjected to the two-faced machinations of her social circle (particularly from Charles's wife, Catherine), Susan cleverly (and believably) turns several of her enemies against each other, using their own words. As in Austen's novels, securing a generous dowry and a “good” marriage (that is, one with money and status) is the all-important goal of every woman, but Susan is a dynamic character more than capable of delivering a shocking surprise.

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