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Copperhead Press

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

Lady Susan by Jane Austen

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Limited to 50 copies

Jane Austen's Earliest Novella

Lady Susan is Jane Austen's sharpest and most unconventional work—a short epistolary novel that showcases her wit, irony, and mastery of social observation in bold early form. Written in the 1790s but published posthumously, the novella follows the manipulative and charismatic Lady Susan Vernon, a widow determined to secure advantageous marriages for herself and her daughter through cunning charm and calculated deceit.

Brisk, biting, and brilliantly crafted, Lady Susan reveals Austen’s early brilliance and her flair for satirical commentary on Regency-era gender roles, morality, and social ambition. This lesser-known gem offers readers a deliciously subversive glimpse into the darker edges of Austen's literary world.

This Edition

  • Foreword by Copperhead Press
  • Half-bound with premium redwood leather
  • Covers wrapped in golden brocade Japanese book cloth
  • White felt paper spine label
  • Lilac Bugra endpapers, high-quality mould-made paper from Hahnemuhle Mill, Germany
  • Headbands made from marbled paper
  • Powder pink satin ribbon marker
  • Hand-sewn with dark coffee book thread
  • Artist biography by Copperhead Press
  • Limitation page signed by Chaz & Katie Ross

Slipcase Features

  • Handmade with high-density book board
  • Wrapped in bisque book cloth
  • Features a watercolor inset by Caroline Maria Applebee

  • Measures 8" x 6" (slightly larger than other novella titles)

Additional Contents

  • Includes 3 additional watercolor pieces by Caroline Maria Applebee

Printing

  • High-end offset four-color printing
  • Printed on white felt paper
  • Chapters and page numbers in wine red font
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Collaborators

Artist

Samuel Thomson  

Samuel Thomson is an Ottawa-based traditional printmaker and illustrator specializing in linocut. His passion for high-contrast, hard-carved imagery began at the Bealart program in London, Ontario, and has since grown into an independent practice.

foreword written by

Michael Von Cannon

Michael Von Cannon teaches modern American literature at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is the co-creator and producer of One True Podcast and is co-editing the final volumes of Hemingway's correspondence for the Hemingway Letters Project.

afterword written by

Mark Cirino

Mark Cirino teaches American literature at the University of Evansville. He is the host of the popular Hemingway Society-sponsored program, One True Podcast. His most recent publication is an edition of A Farewell to Arms edited for the Norton Library.