Lady Susan Letter 7

We discuss if Jane Austen was an economist and if Mrs Vernon is attracted to Lady Susan

Letter .40

Discussion 4.53

The poem mentioned is by W. H Auden:
"It makes me most uncomfortable to see
An English spinster of the middle-class
Describe the amorous effects of 'brass',
Reveal so frankly and with such sobriety
The economic basis of society"

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Chapters

• 0:51 Letter
• 5:04 Discussion