Lady Susan

<p><b>Lady Susan is a selfish, attractive woman, who tries to trap the best possible husband while maintaining a relationship with a married man. </b> She subverts all the standards of the romantic novel: she has an active role, she's not only beautiful but intelligent and witty, and her suitors are significantly younger than she is.</p>

<p>Although the ending includes a traditional reward for morality, Lady Susan herself is treated much more mildly than the adulteress in Mansfield Park, from Jane Austen's novel <i>Sense and Sensibility </i>, who is severely punished.</p>