- 名称：Lady_Susan
- 作者：Jane Austen
- 状态：完结
- 播音：佚名
- 最新章节：Lady Susan.pdf
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- JaneAustendemonstratedhermasteryoftheepistolarynovelgenreinLadySusan,whichshewrotein1795butneverpublished.AlthoughtheprimaryfocusofthisshortnovelistheselfishbehaviorofLadySusanassheengagesinaffairsandsearchesforsuitablehusbandsforherselfandheryoungdaughter,theactualactionsharesitsimportancewithAusten’smanipulationofhercharacters'behaviorbymeansoftheirreactionstothelettersthattheyreceive.Theheroineaddsadditionalinterestbyalteringthetoneofherownlettersbasedontherecipientoftheletter.Thus,thecharacterofLadySusanisdevelopedthroughmanybranchesasAustensuggestscomplicationsofidentityandthewayinwhichthatidentityisbasedoninteractionratherthanonsolitaryconstructionsofpersonality.LadySusan’scharacterisalsobuiltbythedescriptionsoftheotherletter-writers;buteventhoughtheiropinionsofthisheroinecoincidewiththeimagethatdevelopsfromherownletters,Austendemonstratesthesubjectivityoftheopinionsbypresentingthem–primarily–inthelettersofonewomantoanother,therebysuggestingtheestablishedliterarymotifsoffemininegossipandjealousy.ReadersrecognizethesesubjectivemotifsandexaminealloftheidiosyncrasiesofthecharactersinordertocreatetheirownopinionofLadySusan–astheywouldofanyrealacquaintance.
